tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post1997977120196307339..comments2024-02-11T18:16:53.445-08:00Comments on Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Why Are We Anxious? (Part 1/6)Arthur Janovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16709863014923629409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-11991612788181453622009-12-20T22:16:11.759-08:002009-12-20T22:16:11.759-08:00Andrew, I think all traumatic events involve a fe...Andrew, I think all traumatic events involve a feeling of being backed into a corner (inescapable and hopeless). I think Art's theory is plausible: whether you become aggressive or conservative depends on the unique ways you adapted to early pain.<br />It seems like a natural continuation of other types of learning. Scientists reckon babies take time to learn how to use their 3D vision. Maybe jungle people are better at seeing the distance between trees, while desert people are better at seeing the distance between sand dunes. One neurotic desert dweller gets angry when he runs around a corner and straight into a tree. Another neurotic desert dweller runs into the same tree but begins to cry instead. A normal desert dweller avoids the collision as he didn't feel the need to run. Nothing is ever simple. (I have never run into a tree but I did walk into a pole which was positioned in the middle of a footpath, at the same height as my groin, by some thoughtless city planners in Sydney)Richard Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587935146938446604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-48806418668778374452009-12-19T14:06:38.129-08:002009-12-19T14:06:38.129-08:00Dr Janov,
Using myself as an example, I think muc...Dr Janov,<br /><br />Using myself as an example, I think much of our aggression may only be a symbolic deriviatve of fear:<br /><br />I once had a dream (birth-related?) that I was about to go through a tunnel and I was extremely scared before I had to do it. I felt completely vulnerable and "pathetic". I then created an aggression within myself and a determination to drive through that tunnel - so the fear then seemed to turn to a determined aggression.<br /><br />I find it interesting how I tend to feel anxious, when I do, when I have to be inhibited on certain levels. I think my inhibition undermines my ability to be aggressive as a key defense, which in turn forces me to feel vulnerable (depending on the particular conditions and 'triggers') which in turn gives way to my anxiety - almost certainly, no doubt, linking to a birth event.<br /><br />--To say, maybe the "fight or flight" response (fear or anger) could be better referred to as "flight or fight". In evolutionary terms, it makes sense that the run-away option would be embraced before risking personal injury. Very speculative - but maybe all aggression is first derived from a feeling of being backed into a corner.Andrew D Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492591375757227409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-65483061710286890472009-12-18T04:07:54.535-08:002009-12-18T04:07:54.535-08:00Dear Art Janov , I can´t help but each and every ...Dear Art Janov , I can´t help but each and every time I read this article I am flabbergasted(the right word?...) how exactly my life reactions et. are described therein! Thanks 1 Yours emanuelemanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380331335118885426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-85375012429799469202009-12-17T00:18:27.413-08:002009-12-17T00:18:27.413-08:00Art
So far away… yet so close... it's amazing ...Art<br />So far away… yet so close... it's amazing that life can pass us by with the natural physiological "laws" so close... with a truth we deny because we do not have the basic physiological needs satisfied. What a tragedy for man… the "science" to distort the laws of nature... silence the truth for needs that never will be satisfied. “God” I wish you will be heard Art.<br />Frank LarssonFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242354226308728116noreply@blogger.com