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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
Topic, Psychology:
Perhaps the oldest and longest running debate in the field of psychology is that of nature versus nurture, or biology versus environment (personally I prefer these two terms as they are more precise).
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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
Given the peculiarity of the onset of schizophrenia, is it possible to every truly know?
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I've asked myself a variation of that question more than once: Is it my parents' fault or my own? On the one hand I realized a long time ago that my foibles are my own, and trying to attribute my problems to someone else is even on a good day "shifting the blame". On the other hand an honest appraisal leads me to question whether they indeed had a hand in making me what I am. I think that part of rationality is asking yourself that very question. Why am I who I am today? What really happened? One can dwell on past mistakes in an attempt to understand why, but one also has to ask the question "Could I have really avoided those mistakes? Am I doomed to be who I am?"
Of course it's also easy to waste too much time worrying about things we have no control over. Then right back into the trap of "But do I really have no control?" It's enough do drive you crazy.