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All is not well with human society. From the earliest beginnings we appear to have little or no perception of what life is all about between our birth and demise and everything in between. Perhaps our problems already exist by not having been provided with a ‘how to live’ user manual for ourselves and our parents. For that reason we have to basically ‘reinvent the wheel’ like so many others have done before us. So we all have to start from scratch like everyone else or do we? About a decade ago, a TV broadcaster aired a program that I recall was named YEAR ONE. IT was an investigation into a child’s life from birth until Year 1. Babies from diverse socio-economic background had been chosen for observation on variations in their daily behaviour and activities. These were subsequently recorded and dispersed over a number of interesting episodes. Whilst there were recognisable similarities in behaviour between the subjects, moving about on the floor did show significant difference that could be categorised in three ways, i.e. cross crawling, lateral crawling and moving about on the behind. It was interesting to note that after completion of the first year, the subjects using ‘cross crawl’ identified as right arm and left knee brought forward, followed by the left arm and right knee brought forward as well as those practising lateral craw, i.e. using first one side than the other developed a normal intellect with the cross crawlers performing better. A small group did not crawl but moved about in a sitting position. What appears remarkable is that the cross crawler developed a balanced intellect, with a poorer performance from lateral crawling. However babies moving about on their bums suffered pruning of what intellect they had developed before the ’year one’ was reached. It is not really such a mysterious happening if we understand that the growth of the brain has gone to some considerable lengths to create physiological balance and simultaneously also psychological balance by having the nerves from the left hemisphere crossing into our body on the right side and nerves from the right hemisphere moving down into the left side. This strategy enables our sub-conscious to keep track of our physical balance, i.e. remaining straight and upright, by constantly adjusting for equal muscle tension on both sides. The purpose of this essay is to point out the value of NEGATIVE biofeedback and associated BRAIN SWITCHING for survival and so diminish fatalistic tendencies in our behaviour, including obesity and depression. No attempt has been made to present statistical information about being overweight and or obese other than stating the obvious such as being at least 40 kg over weight or double the normal weight due to accumulated fat in comparison to the normal expected weight of an individual and its height. Instead an effort is made to address the problem of depression and obesity by increasing awareness of psychological adjustments open to those suffering from these afflictions and the multitude of health problems that originate from that.

Irrational Human Behaviour. What is to Blame: Our Brain or the Mind? Strategies for Dealing with Preconceived Ideas on Depression and Obesity