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Yup and the theory is wrong. People and even animals who experience “trauma” (beat up, socially humiliated, tricked by fraudsters, etc) over and over actually
by faeriechangling 4y ago
Yup and the theory is wrong. People and even animals who experience “trauma” (beat up, socially humiliated, tricked by fraudsters, etc) over and over actually have physiological changes in the brain.
One can train oneself to ignore trauma which is especially useful in sharp changes in life circumstances, or if what traumatized you is incredibly unlikely to ever happen again, but things like traumatized people being less confident and more anxious is actually useful and protective if you are repeatedly traumatized since the world is actually probably a dangerous place for such people and they should tread conservatively.
- lcedp 4y ago> things like traumatized people being less confident and more anxious is actually useful and protective The core mechanism might be useful, but then there's a question of over-reaction. Consider, for instance, how the immune system is useful, but allergy might be life-threatening.