Physical Anxiety + Adultism ( as in, a form of prejudice )

/// Reflections on physical anxiety ... and perhaps, adultism ///

( As seen in society, including workplaces. Of course, the poorer the workplace, the poorer the masking of unresolved anxieties - though some would disagree. )

/ The overly spartan version : /

- a child is not aware of their own problems, and certainly not of the solutions to those problems

- an adult defines a child's problems, and defines those problems in terms of solutions acceptable to the adult ( adultness is self-defined, by asserting that there are problems in the world ; adolescence is the transition from childhood to adulthood )

- a child, for example, cries and is made to cry less by an adult via various mechanisms ( the psychobiology of this is always a fun party topic ... do you help crying babies because it makes you feel good, or because it makes the babies feel good ... segue to metaethics )

- an adult, recognising in themselves the cause for their own crying, may resolve their own cries

- it is socially acceptable* for adults, to first cry, then finding no others responding, resort to self-resolution ; one that cannot self-resolve, is deemed* disabled ; one that cannot self-resolve, and furthermore begrudges the absence of resolutions, is deemed* furthermore disabled for their rejection ("denial") of what others deem to be adultness

/ The more nuanced version : /

- all the mores and norms marked with a "*" above, of course, vary from society to society

- it is up to each society to decide its low- or high-context