Yeah there’s absolutely this feedback loop conditioning where nobody tells us this. And even if we know it, actually putting it into practice is such a mountain.
I’m vehemently anti-authoritarian, but damn if the “yield to authority” conditioning isn’t shock-collaring me every time some douche in a suit wants to talk to me like I’m a child in trouble.
I’ve found that, as a result of resolving old trauma in therapy and in my men’s group, it’s gotten a lot easier to maintain my frame of mind when authority figures try to take control of me.
Yeah there’s absolutely this feedback loop conditioning where nobody tells us this. And even if we know it, actually putting it into practice is such a mountain.
I’m vehemently anti-authoritarian, but damn if the “yield to authority” conditioning isn’t shock-collaring me every time some douche in a suit wants to talk to me like I’m a child in trouble.
I’ve found that, as a result of resolving old trauma in therapy and in my men’s group, it’s gotten a lot easier to maintain my frame of mind when authority figures try to take control of me.