Posted by Damos on August 18, 2005, at 17:39:14
In reply to Re: Terrible Session » cricket, posted by alexandra_k on August 18, 2005, at 16:50:27
> Ok. I hadn't heard of that in the context of attachment. Heard it in the context of a dog being kept in an operant conditioning box. Tone - shock. Tone - shock. After a while the dog just hangs its head and waits for the inevitable shock. Then they alter the box. Put a bit of a door in it actually. Instead of going through the door and thus avoiding the shock the dog just hangs its head and waits for the inevitable shock.
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> I do that.
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> Spend a lot of time in my room
> Waiting the inevitable shock
> Even though the door is unlocked...
> I think it means resigning oneself to unpleasant things happening even when the contingencies have changed now so that there actually are things you can do to avoid those unpleasant things. But because there wasn't the possibility of avoiding in the past we resign ourselves to our fate now rather than taking active steps to avoid them.
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> I just sit...
> Curiosity / exploration of the world has been curbed.
> Not in my head...
> That was something that she couldn't touch.
Sorry, I've been following quietly here. But this, this was too much. It brought an audible cry of pain and floods and floods of tears. I'm so sorry you feel like this Alex. G*d I think my heart has just actually physically broken. Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.Sorry to interrupt, sorry to be so unable to say or do anything to help either of you. Sorry.
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