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Originally Posted by sorter
Trauma creates many internal involuntary reactions, automatically. You can't control them.
But you can then fight them, not WANT them, try to repress them.
There's a theory that animals don't do that:
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/a...now-the-secret
so they recover quickly. |
And there's evidence that animals, especially dogs DO suffer from PTSD, and need help recovering from that. I've seen it happen, and it is not always a quick recovery process. It's not that the animals are trying to repress or fight the reactions, it's more that events have created a physiological AND psychological response in the dogs that causes behavior changes.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/pe...tsd-121127.htm
You said you wanted debate, but the more I read, the more I see you simply repeating your initial premise in various ways, and dismissing all others. It seems more like you simply need to validate that what you think is the one correct answer. That's fine, if that's what you need. Please don't dismiss others experiences and truths, though.