"Every instance in which we feel degraded as a human being by another human being (or group of human beings) teaches our limbic system to remember our unlovability as a matter of survival. It is life threatening. "
How does feeling unloved help us survive? I would think it does the opposite, make us quite literally want to die.
Request - could you write more about the details of the process you describe in point number 3? What othering is or can look like? What the steps are (or what they might be) between being degraded by others people to doing it to yourself as a survival mechanism? It sounds relevant to me but I couldn't make the leap of understanding.
I have to admit I'm confused at this part.
"Every instance in which we feel degraded as a human being by another human being (or group of human beings) teaches our limbic system to remember our unlovability as a matter of survival. It is life threatening. "
How does feeling unloved help us survive? I would think it does the opposite, make us quite literally want to die.
Request - could you write more about the details of the process you describe in point number 3? What othering is or can look like? What the steps are (or what they might be) between being degraded by others people to doing it to yourself as a survival mechanism? It sounds relevant to me but I couldn't make the leap of understanding.
Many thanks in advance!