On the bright side, at least Loki was trying to mitigate the fear of clowns, not the fear of planets turning to dust. The boy could have been watching Star Wars Episode 4 instead of Killer Clowns from Outer Space…
“From a psychological standpoint, not as much.” Isamu had to admit his shortcomings. Though he had read considerable amounts on a wide variety of topics, this was only tangentially related to his primary field of study. “Though I am aware of the differences in the functional structure of the cerebral cortex in a child brain compared to an adult brain are extensive, including medial frontal areas that play an active role in the cognitive appraisal of emotion and anxiety. Which should speak to the opportunities you have to impact these fears now.”
If that was any consolation.
“You do not need to put any clowns in harms way to begin teaching them that they are safe.” He added. “There are plenty of other ways to approach the subject.”
He was thinking more about something personal than actual research.
“When Minoru and I were young, about four years old too, actually… Mama needed to go to the hospital for an operation. As you might be able to imagine, to a four year old, this is a very frightening and traumatic experience. So, our parents took many steps to prepare us - from reading books to watching age-appropriate television programs on the subject, to having long talks about it, visiting the hospital - and it truly did assist in mitigating our fear.”
It was essentially exposure therapy.
“What I honestly remember most was that neither Mama or Papa were afraid of what was happening. Or rather, if they were, they did not outwardly show it. And I felt safe because of that. I thought, if they are not afraid, I have no reason to be afraid either.”
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“From a psychological standpoint, not as much.” Isamu had to admit his shortcomings. Though he had read considerable amounts on a wide variety of topics, this was only tangentially related to his primary field of study. “Though I am aware of the differences in the functional structure of the cerebral cortex in a child brain compared to an adult brain are extensive, including medial frontal areas that play an active role in the cognitive appraisal of emotion and anxiety. Which should speak to the opportunities you have to impact these fears now.”
If that was any consolation.
“You do not need to put any clowns in harms way to begin teaching them that they are safe.” He added. “There are plenty of other ways to approach the subject.”
He was thinking more about something personal than actual research.
“When Minoru and I were young, about four years old too, actually… Mama needed to go to the hospital for an operation. As you might be able to imagine, to a four year old, this is a very frightening and traumatic experience. So, our parents took many steps to prepare us - from reading books to watching age-appropriate television programs on the subject, to having long talks about it, visiting the hospital - and it truly did assist in mitigating our fear.”
It was essentially exposure therapy.
“What I honestly remember most was that neither Mama or Papa were afraid of what was happening. Or rather, if they were, they did not outwardly show it. And I felt safe because of that. I thought, if they are not afraid, I have no reason to be afraid either.”