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I remember very little about my childhood and I had no traumatic happenings. I don't think it's all that unusual not to remember a lot of one's childhood and teen years. I barely remember any of my childhood and teen years - and no, I do not have a memory problem. I definitely do not remember much of my childhood from age 9 to 13 - and definitely nothing at all before age 9.
If you don't remember, how do you know there wasn't trauma?
Except that these days people get demons from people not liking their hair
This thread isn't about someone having "demons from people not liking their hair" though. I've been in health care and have worked w/ people who've survived real traumatic events. I can't imagine trivializing these things. Everyone has their own threshold, too, based on their own genetics and background and other factors.
It is an evolutionary advantage, because your PTSD helps you prevent it from happening again. Lets say you're at war and are traumatized. Because of this you can't sleep, are more prone to violence, paranoia, etc. All these things will help you survive at war, despite the toll on your psychological well being. Or lets say you're sexually assaulted. To keep this from happening again, you will shy away from sex or sexual situations or being alone with men or whatever.
Possibly. I don't know. It just strikes me that PTSD or whatever they used to call it, is widespread but people have been violent to other people since forever. Only as humans have studied psychology, has it been recognized as a real condition. Although, I believe in the aftermath of WWI, it was termed "shell shock."
This thread isn't about someone having "demons from people not liking their hair" though.
Says you.
The title is "Humans are incredibly psychologically fragile", and to topic people have been pointing out how yes, they are fragile how the trend is for them becoming even more so.
Two decades+ of sheltered children are rapidly turning into a society of adults who can't cope with the real world.
The title is "Humans are incredibly psychologically fragile", and to topic people have been pointing out how yes, they are fragile how the trend is for them becoming even more so.
Two decades+ of sheltered children are rapidly turning into a society of adults who can't cope with the real world.
Thats why you do more than just read the title and read the actual message. It was not about being sheltered.
The title is "Humans are incredibly psychologically fragile", and to topic people have been pointing out how yes, they are fragile how the trend is for them becoming even more so.
Two decades+ of sheltered children are rapidly turning into a society of adults who can't cope with the real world.
I just want to mention that the so-called “sheltered kids” are only a subset of all kids. Plenty of kids are growing up in incredible poverty, homelessness, in foster care, on farms, and in innner cities where they are left to their own devices while parents work double shifts.
It is inaccurate to characterize all children as sheltered, just as not all parents are helicopter parents.
There are some middle and upper class kids who are buffered from the rough and tumble of life. But they can’t possibly constitute the majority of kids today,
TI just want to mention that the so-called “sheltered kids” are only a subset of all kids. Plenty of kids are growing up in incredible poverty, homelessness, in foster care, on farms, and in innner cities where they are left to their own devices while parents work double shifts.
It is inaccurate to characterize all children as sheltered, just as not all parents are helicopter parents.
There are some middle and upper class kids who are buffered from the rough and tumble of life. But they can’t possibly constitute the majority of kids today,
I beg to differ, we are only beginning to suffer the consequence of participation trophies, unmerited grade inflation, and avoidance of criticism. This is a systematic changing in raising children that is widespread through all income groups in the united states
I beg to differ, we are only beginning to suffer the consequence of participation trophies, unmerited grade inflation, and avoidance of criticism. This is a systematic changing in raising children that is widespread through all income groups in the united states
Hmm. I guess I was considering the concept more narrowly. I don’t totally disagree with you, but I do think plenty of modern kids are not protected in bubbles.
I do have some exposure to my grade school level grands, and it seems to me that they are learning and that they enjoy school. One kid has had trouble with reading and grades were not inflated. Tutoring was employed. Is that something you feel should have not been done? Perhaps the child should have been left to fail?
I gather PE classes at the elementary level are not terribly competitive. But one kid plays sports in a local league. I do know that at upoer levels team sports are competitive.
I am just not seeing what you are talking about. I am not saying that some of this does not exist.
I do have problems with parents who try to make sure their kids never suffer disappointments or consequences. That is not a healthy way to raise a kid, IMO.
Interesting...so how would keeping away from men help evolutionarily?
It wouldn’t. But statistically, a very high percentage of women who work in the sex industry have a history of being a victim of sexual abuse. Maybe self-exploitation is an evolutionary response to exploitation by men.
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