War mentality. Some people experience violent reactions to fear, and fearful reactions to unfamiliar stimuli. This makes it hard for them to approach new things with appreciation. Much has been written about them, so the theoretical therapies are not worth jotting down at this point. They are not under attack, but in order to realise this, much work will have to be done, and often, no one else can do it for them.
In life, I wish that I and others can struggle through the trauma, and to develop desirable outcomes from all things. A difficult ideal.
- when spat on
- when maimed
- when cursed
- when belittled
- when ridiculed
- when disfigured
- when tortured
Of course, violence and fear are appropriate reactions to these things. But that only initiates a process where multiple outcomes are at stake. Sometimes you only need the thing that hurts you, to die. Sometimes, you learn to live with it. Sometimes, you need it to suffer, in vengeance. Sometimes, you acquire an appreciation for the overarching set of circumstances.
There are much milder sources of hurt than the things in the first list. How long are these lists? What goes in them? Who will decide what the world should adopt as its norms?
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