OT : A psychosocial question

[Black_Knyght]

A very clinical answer, to say the least...

[Slick]

I'd say that people need to go thru the 5 stages of grief:

denial
anger
barganing
depression
acceptance

This can take a long time and sometimes people get stuck in a stage and can't move past it. People stuck in a stage will revisit the problem without moving through the problem. Once someone truly reaches acceptance, it isn't so bad to revisit the "scar" since you have passed thru the depression phase already. I'm no "sykologist" but I'd read up on managing change/transition to learn more. Hope this helps.

[AngleWyrm]

I suspect we're wired to remenber negative events better. Remebering that "hey, I ate that berry and got sick!" is more 'productive' from a survival standpoint than "Oo, that flower's pretty."

The second part could also be portrayed as "Oo, that female looks like good breeding stock." or "That ground looks healthy."

It's almost odd that the immediacy of personal injury is a higher priority than long-term gains.

[Fyron]

What long-term gains can be had if you are dead?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Plenty, in my opinion. But I'm not an athiest.

[Xrati]

And that could be a good thing! Think about it. The only way an athiest could exisit (as themself) is if there is a God. If there were no God, you wouldn't have athiest's!!! WOW, is he good or what?

[Fyron]

I'm assuming that was meant as a joke from the , cause the illogic makes my head hurt.

[Fyron]

Black_Knyght said:
A very clinical answer, to say the least...

I thought it was more philosophical than clinical.