the limbic system is the seat of our etions. we experience joy, anger, sorrow, confidence-- all of these feelings-- love, through the limbic system. it turns out that each one of these emotions has a different chemical fingerprint. we experience them, we release these various peptides down into the bloodstream, and they bind to various cells within our body, including the cells of our immune system. now that we know that the immune system is affected by neuropeptides and we understand that psychological stress can have direct effects on such phenomenon as the proliferation of lymphocytes, um, it becomes... scientifically acceptable now to believe what all the grandmothers used to tell us, which is "relax, or you'll get sick." janice kiecolt-glaser and her husband ronald glaser are well-known researchers in the field of psychoneuroimmunology. she is a psychologist, and he is the chairman of the department of medical microbiology and immunology, and professor of internal medicine at ohio state university college of medicine. dr. g

one of them is that the limbic system, which is a relatively primitive part of the brain that is involved with drive states, particularly, including aggression, is different in these individuals. it may be that borderline patients arborn with a constitutional factor, wi a biological factor, th a genetic predispotion to becoming a borderline, and you put them i a certain environmen anthe whole picture into what lar becomes a borderne patient most peoplet tbe with personality disorders don't experience their character traits as distressful. they often don'seek help. when they do, treatment can be challenging, but not impossible. there is a myth that antisocial personalities are not interested in treatment. actually, i would say that that is true in the community. actually, i would say that thatby and large, the people often won't voluntarily come to treatment, but if you see a population of antisocial people in a prison setting, and you're there as part of a mental health team, you quickly discover that there is an overwhelming desire on the part of people who have engaged in serious antiso