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[WeAreKaren]

Hi The People and nats. It's interesting that you have threes as well.

I've been reading a book on sensory defensiveness called "too loud, too bright, too fast, too tight, what to do if you are sensory defensive in an overstimulating world".  (BTW, sensory defensiveness is one of several collections of disorders that fall under the umbrella term Sensory Processing Disorder or SPD, which used to be called Sensory Integration Disorder.) Before getting to what to do, the author (Sharon Heller, Ph.D.) first describes the what and the why. Part One describes the symptoms (which can vary from person to person). Part Two talks about how the brain is organized, what is "wrong" in the brain to cause sensory defensiveness, and contributing factors in the womb and after you're born that lead to various coping behaviors. Anyway, I found a very interesting paragraph in Part Two that made me wonder if it might be the reason behind all the threes in my system, rather than just chance or something related to a specific trauma. (See, I wasn't wandering off on an unrelated tangent, LOL.) Here it is:

"As outlined by neuroanatomist Paul MacLean, a brain researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health, our 'triune brain' consists of distinct, hierarchically organized levels that correspond to the evolution of the human species from lower animal form: the brain stem, the most primitive, communicates with motions; the limbic system, with emotions; and the cerebrum, with words. How these brain parts comingle is a mystery. But somehow they function as an integrated whole and reciprocally influence each other." So I'm thinking that might be the reason three figures so heavily in my system. It is "natural".

What do you think? Have you found any pattern or reason behind your "threes"? Oh and I meant to say, thanks nats for the compliment on my avatar.