1 result for (book:tps3 AND heading:"delet session septemb 3 1975" AND stemmed:stress)
1/25 (4%)
safe
impulses
biological
dead
animal
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Give us a moment.... When the world-view enlarges to include more sophisticated cultural environments then, however, the body must rely upon the conscious mind’s interpretation of events. While the animal may encounter danger, it does not feel that its world is not safe. Fear of a biological nature is in itself healthy. It is only when it is prolonged unnaturally that it leads to difficulties. Again, give us a moment.... Imagined fears, projected into the future, put the body in a state of stress unknown to the animal. When you feel that your world is not safe the body may respond in many ways, according to the characteristic temperament and beliefs. Ruburt has been playing dead. His ideas convinced the body that playing dead was the way to insure overall survival. The body might object, but it still must rely upon the conscious mind’s interpretation of events, that it realizes are beyond its realm.
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