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If this happens, we can give some help with a number of considerations that the suffering reader may try to become aware of. These are: | If this happens, we can give some help with a number of considerations that the suffering reader may try to become aware of. These are: | ||
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That is how mother nature has structured our emotional system and at that the emotional system of all animals. | That is how mother nature has structured our emotional system and at that the emotional system of all animals. | ||
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Because emotions are designed to make the individual move, any awareness of its temporary character tends to be suppressed. That makes the emotions more effective, but such a sense of absoluteness or permanency in reality is a fallacy. Awareness of this factual "real" state of affairs may be of help. | Because emotions are designed to make the individual move, any awareness of its temporary character tends to be suppressed. That makes the emotions more effective, but such a sense of absoluteness or permanency in reality is a fallacy. Awareness of this factual "real" state of affairs may be of help. | ||
| − | 2) ''It is a fallacy to think that the reader's suffering is unique''. | + | 2) '''It is a fallacy to think that the reader's suffering is unique'''. |
The articles on this Wiki underline that the condition of Homo sapiens during the last 5,000 to 10,000 years has primarily been a condition of fear, neuroticism and slavery, more so than it used to be in earlier times and more so than our genetic endowment would permit under better circumstances. | The articles on this Wiki underline that the condition of Homo sapiens during the last 5,000 to 10,000 years has primarily been a condition of fear, neuroticism and slavery, more so than it used to be in earlier times and more so than our genetic endowment would permit under better circumstances. | ||
Revision as of 14:51, 19 August 2017
This page is meant to be of help for readers who find themselves in emotional turmoil through contents of this Wiki. Below, we will present a number of advises for different situations of distress, cognitive dissonance, depression or even suicidal tendencies.
Feeling failure
One of the more frequently occurring problems that readers of this Wiki may encounter is being overwhelmed by feelings of failure and fear. Some articles on this Wiki do lead to inescapable conclusions about personal shortcomings in our functioning, that is, for us humans in general.
On the one hand these personal shortcomings are occurring in Homo sapiens so frequently, that they can be considered as a characteristic of our species.
On the other hand the personally emerging awareness of such shortcomings may come as an unpleasant surprise, demolishing many illusions of personal adequacy and personal well-functioning and well-being. If that happens to a reader, the fact that such a personal state is not really different from the average state of all other specimens of Homo sapiens, is often of not much help. The personal feelings of disappointment and failure then tend to rule and to determine the day. The result is feelings of helplessness, sadness, stress and fear, ranging from just a bad mood to even suicidal tendencies.
If this happens, we can give some help with a number of considerations that the suffering reader may try to become aware of. These are:
1) Emotional states are by definition (relatively) short lasting.
That is how mother nature has structured our emotional system and at that the emotional system of all animals. Emotions are designed to make us move and for that very reason they are also designed to last for short periods only. The advice should therefore be to "sit it out" and to not attach too much value to any emotion in question and in particular not attach too much "permanent value" to it. Because emotions are designed to make the individual move, any awareness of its temporary character tends to be suppressed. That makes the emotions more effective, but such a sense of absoluteness or permanency in reality is a fallacy. Awareness of this factual "real" state of affairs may be of help.
2) It is a fallacy to think that the reader's suffering is unique.
The articles on this Wiki underline that the condition of Homo sapiens during the last 5,000 to 10,000 years has primarily been a condition of fear, neuroticism and slavery, more so than it used to be in earlier times and more so than our genetic endowment would permit under better circumstances. In short, the depressed reader is not the only one suffering this way. Many fellow victims may be found nearby. Besides, humanity has known better times in this respect. Such better times may return.
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