so repression is good? i think it could very easily have it's basis as a survival function.
let's say your group was attacked by predators, and you witnessed lots of your friends and maybe kin killed. well, that sucks, but yeah, if there's family to tend to and other possible predators to fight off, it does your species no good if all the survivors are left curled up against a tree, like so many quivering balls of jelly. so at least if it's repressed a bit, you can deal with it little by little, at your own pace, at a sensible time. *nods* yup, makes sense to me.
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Date: 2003-06-29 09:01 am (UTC)let's say your group was attacked by predators, and you witnessed lots of your friends and maybe kin killed. well, that sucks, but yeah, if there's family to tend to and other possible predators to fight off, it does your species no good if all the survivors are left curled up against a tree, like so many quivering balls of jelly. so at least if it's repressed a bit, you can deal with it little by little, at your own pace, at a sensible time. *nods* yup, makes sense to me.
cool. i'll post one in my lj, then.