"WALKING CHAOS" and Diagnostic Manuals THAT ARE missing the "BIG ROCKS"

cha·os the·o·ry
/ˈkeɪˌɑs ˌθɪəri/noun

• 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with complex systems whose behavior is highly sensitive to slight changes in conditions, so that small alterations can give rise to strikingly great consequences.

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Conjecture

I'm going to do some more "Riffing" off of Frank James' video to the right.

In the video, James makes a number of points:

• People are "Walking Chaos"
  • Yeah, you can predict what they are going to do a lot of the time --
  • But they will throw you a CURVE BALL --- and then you have to revise your theories --
  • But that will ultimately break down and you'll have to revise your theories again.

 
I want to bring actual "CHAOS THEORY" to this:

• "CHAOS THEORY" isn't saying the world isn't ultimately understandable ---
• BUT it is saying there are a lot  more "VARIABLES" than what you thought and some of these seemingly "small variables" can have a big effect.  
  

One of the reasons the FOUNDATIONS of MENTAL HEALTH as articulated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual  are so "SHAKY" is because we're missing a lot of not only the small effects BUT a lot of the BIG ROCKS ---

• MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION
• GENETICS
• EPIGENETICS
• the IMMUNE SYSTEM
• the ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
• the MICROBIOME
• the INTER-RELATIONSHIPS of these various SYSTEMS with the BRAIN
  

Frank James
How INFJ Ruins Relationships =  "CONTROLLING"

See also Ramped Up Stress Responses Often Lead to Control Freaks

So we could just "PRETEND" what we're doing is sufficient and not LEGALLY, ETHICALLY and MORALLY CHALLENGED ---

• and "GOD" knows that's what we are doing.

 
Or one option is to acknowledge the "COMPLEXITY" of HUMAN BEHAVIOR and that we don't have it all figured out and ----

• THIS IS A PROCESS --- NOT AN EVENT.

 I do think the more we can start meeting people where they really are in terms of STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES ----

• NOT where some IDEALIZED REASONABLE PERSON should be ---
• While maintaining SAFETY ---
• THE BETTER RESULTS WE'RE GONNA GET.