>> and then the other one that you've got is you've got future. if i'm sitting there and thinking about, listen, and two months i'm going home to be with my family, i'm not focus on the

war. i've got to focus right now. so in other words, all of these symptoms come together and they make so much sense. the problem is that some people, it stays there. it just drags on and keeps bothering them. so in other words, this is a very difficult thing to experience. and something that i'm very passionate about is we all understand war, but the other things that i see that are driving it to me is very troublesome. it's growing up in a home that is not safe, domestic violence. it's, man, some of our streets. i hear it all the time when i deal with people that have been from the inner-city. i saw someone get shot the other day. that's the way it is. we just sort of acceptance in our society.

the other one that's there that's going to cause a large to cases of ptsd will be sexual abuse. we just don't realize the power of what this does to the nervous system. so in other words, one thing i forgot to mention about the gal that i think is so important, okay, so she tries to go to sleep that night and her mind is racing. she can't shut it off. she learned if i drank some of all i can get some sleep, i can get some distance. the problem is, it just makes it that much worse the next day. it's not the answer to the problem. and then you start to look at what are some of the ramifications of his ptsd. we talk about trying to get people to read at school, tried to make our students the best they can be. but if i'm suffering from ptsd

and i have no future, am i going to be that interest in learning? am i going to be that voted? hey, man, i need to start thinking about what i'm going to do. my life is over. that sense of being out of control. and so you move from in front of all sense of control to an external sense of control. and perhaps then you would join a gang or i wonder about some of these people that they see in terrorist activities. it's an external control that takes care of all of the emotions. then you just imagine that person is stuck. so right and so justified. put a cause on it and you begin to understand some of the human behavior that we see.

i'd like to close with one of my favorite, barney, this is a gentleman who was 80, and i can still see them standing at the door and he is so fired up. he's got fire in his eyes. barley, come on them. he's got his wife in tow, and i said barney, what's the matter? he says to me, he says, doctor, i can't stand her anymore. and i said, barney, when did it start? he said, 40 years ago. [laughter] and my point is that we laugh but i think, if he had the ability to face who he was, face

the situation and say, i'm going to deal with this. that's sort of the party thought that i want to leave you with is this system. we all have times in our life where we quote miss the exit and where the lady that comes on and says redirecting your path. sometimes we hate her but she's really our friend. and sometimes if we make the extra turn you will have a different road, a different experience but it can still be very meaningful and that's the hope i want to leave with you, is that the power of the human mind and spirit to change and to get healthy. and i think we've got tremendous medications, tremendous therapies that are out there that can really help us. and i want to leave you with a sense of hope. thank you. [applause]

>> does anybody have any questions? yes. [inaudible] >> the question was, you know, so many people up through the aged 20, did you say, label things as anxiety. to me, anxiety is a much more difficult concept to put your finger on.

i think we all experience it. i think probably a portion of that, gets disconnected that makes us more vigilant. and then how do you name something, yeah, somebody names it blew, somebody named ed gray. so the naming probably takes place. i see it at least a rating system to try to deal with something. the problem is sometimes, you do, the test is coming up tomorrow and it's telling me i better get ready for it, or it could be that there is no test tomorrow and the anxiety is there. so it is again that sense of whether it's appropriate or inappropriate. anxiety itself is not wrong. yes? >> dr. george, my question has to do with come you mentioned a lot in your talk about almost like you're talking about electricity, how we're wired. and operate is an electrical,

chemical electrical organ. can you talk to how much of that wiring helps, how important that is, it is any connection to our dna and our genes to affect that? >> so the question is, you know, we have this wiring and where does dna fit into it. you didn't say but i guess responsibly would be in there as well, wouldn't you? okay, good. this to me is an interesting thing. this estimate from what i like about it is it's simplistic because it's about survival. then it really does, the only way to me in life makes any sense is if you're responsible. otherwise we just become life doesn't matter. so we tried to address this issue in one of the chapters there in terms of responsibility. you are going to have to know

yourself and it's going to be, listen, i know that i have a problem with anger, and so now what am i going to do about it? i seek help. one of the things i've beented y where treated people with domestic violence, and if you take an antidepressant like prozac, it makes a huge difference in how you going to do. two things it's going to do is i'm not going to be as angry and i'm going to have an extra second to think before i go off. this is independent of depression. the next thing is i have to assume responsibility i notified to this entry to a probably going to have a problem. that's something i need to do. if you look at its the same as any other medical illness. if i have polyps in my colon, and i know i've got to go get a colonoscopy at least once a year to keep up with it. may not want to but that's the fact of life and that's assuming responsibility for my nervous

system. yes. >> you talked about how depression was a shutdown of the body so i was wondering if that triggers like an actual, like with eating disorders and anorexia, if it could could consequently lead to other shutdowns of? >> well, i mean -- the question, that's wha were i just tried to introduce this concept of the mind-body connection. and format also trained as an internal medical doctor and it is so exciting to put those two together. if you look at, for example, think about what the body is trying to do. it is going to go out there and it's going to fight in the news. when it's the on that button is anticipating that there could be some injuries that take place.

so in other words, now you start to see that people with an anger problem, they have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease. i may be making a few jobs here, but there's factors that will be involved and there's going to be -- so in other words, the body is preparing itself for battle and then to heal. depression will also have some of those things that are there as well. it's going to be activating more offer parasitic nervous symptoms. you'll see how that will tie into your gut and begin to understand how they can be an interaction between the mind and the body. one of the most dramatic pieces i ever had, and i love the case, got referred to me and was a woman who had not even or drink anything in a year and a half. every time she went to drink she would gag and she couldn't keep it down. so she had a peg that was in

place so they're feeding her directly into her stomach. they have done all these tests, couldn't come up with anything. and so finally they referred her to a psychiatrist. so i did therapy on her, and within three treatments this woman was back to eating normally. so in other words, you see the link between the depression of the got and it gave me such leisure to call the doctor and say to him, when do you think you want to take out of the egg cracks just joking -- takeout the peg? sorry. >> you have spoken about one kind of problem, specifically road rage and things like depression, anger. but what about the more severe problems like bipolar or

schizophrenic and the role of medication and how the medication effects? >> i think where i would see it when you start to look at the imaging studies and stuff that are out there, it seems to me though this major illnesses, i should with domestic violence but you'll see it with panic, depression, is there tends to be a decreased relationship. i think that's pretty well-established. and so now which is it is you start to see how these illnesses probably all reflect some sort of lack of inhibitory control that takes you into these strong emotions and behaviors. and medications, you see, make a big impression so i think it helps to recover those things. keep in mind, when that thing

totally disconnects and juicy with road rage. use it with domestic violence but you see it with somebody who is in severe depression but you can talk until you're blue in the face and they can connect with you core particularly. that cortex is gone at that particular point in time. bipolar i think is a fascinating illness, and i didn't include in the book because i didn't have it built into my model. but if you look at that behavior, it certainly looks as though it would have survival value. i am extremely energized. i have got all the energy in the world and i can stay up. i'm not going to sleep, and i am invincible. the things that we tackled you like your going out spending, it's just a byproduct of severe energy. my guess is i would probably put it in terms of the way we deal with sensory input and how you

process of that. you look at the -- my domestic violence guy, they will overreact to things. i see my wife talking, she's having an affair. jealousy and other things. thank you. you've been a great audience. [applause] >> you are watching booktv, television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. here's a look at some books that are being published this week.

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