9/11 created a strong emotional reaction with systematic movement toward police state control of the American population. This results in unhealthy attachment and dependency on government. Ability to know truth is decreased. by R Clements
(libertarian)
Saturday, September 10, 2011
On the morning the twin towers fell, I went to a government office with an adolescent in foster care to address behavior problems. When the meeting ended, the atmosphere seemed surreal. Even though the office was not on the East Coast, the State was in the process of shutting down the office (and other offices throughout the State) due to the fear arising from the 9/11 attacks.
In the weeks following, I brought up the subject of 9/11 to various adolescents in foster care. In contrast to the reaction of adults, they seemed disinterested without obvious emotional reaction. The contrast between the adolescent's reactions and the reaction of adults and the State Government was like night and day. The adolescents had been traumatized by other events and they already struggled with attachments. Their lives already often centered around a struggle for control.
The adults tended to have more healthy attachments and could feel the pain of others. This ability for empathy increased emotional reactions to 9/11 and the potential for resulting emotional trauma. The government further increased ability to traumatize and control the population by the formation of Homeland Security, TSA, and the “war on terror” with assistance from the MSM.
In effect, the traumatizing of adults was (and is) a way for them to form a strong attachment with the government. This is an unhealthy attachment that can be explained by the Stockholm Syndrome in which pain is inflicted on the victim while the abuser has total control. Functioning of the brain may be permanently disrupted into a chronic state of alarm. Over time, an attachment may develop in the victim to the abuser. The victim has decreased ability to reason logically and may later defend the abuser.
Creating healthy attachment can also involve strong emotions, but with a parent or other person in an appropriate relationship, taking away the pain and negative emotions of the another person. The key into understanding the type of attachment is whether the person or organization is taking away the pain or inflicting it on the person(s) with less power or more need.
The traumatizing and control of adults has progressed during the past ten years. Most people I talk to do not question the official version of 9/11, do not know what a “false flag” is, have never heard of "shadow government", do not know what DU (depleted uranium) is, etc. They are increasingly dependent on the government emotionally, for government checks, food stamps, for what they think is security, etc.
Consequently, adults have become more like the adolescents with attachment problems. They are less able to reason logically or question the government and the MSM. Their behavior is often not in their own self-interest.
The population of the country is systematically presented with new crisis, they demand a solution, and one is given. Invariably, the solution gives the government more control and increases problems for the average guy. The needs of the middle class are especially not met. The goal of government increasingly reflects the need of government for control and not to meet the needs of the average person.
There is a basic difference between “wants” and “needs”. Believing the government will meet our needs when not they are not obeying the Constitution is a dead end.
It is helpful to remember that good parents do not fulfill all the wants of their children, but are responsive to needs. It is important we strengthen healthy attachments with family and others. Within these healthy connections, we can be more independent and objective about the changes going on around us and have more control of our own lives.
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Posted By: Bill Gee
Date: September 12, 2011 02:17:23 PM
Very interesting analysis of our collective insanity when it came to our reactions to 9/11 and the world we created as a result of that event. When I speak about 9/11 to my students today, I refer to it as "the day we all lost our minds", but I've always struggled with the psychological basis of that assertion. Now I have some context, and I thank you for that.
How else can we explain to future generations why so many of us collectively ignored Benjamin Franklin's warning about security and freedom by gladly accepting unacceptable limits on freedom of privacy, press, and assembly? How do I explain to my son why we invaded two soveriegn nations and bombed another in order to hunt down one small group of criminals, and when we finally got the guy, we were so far over our heads that we couldn't simply go home? And then when the financial system collapsed in 2008, why we collectively believed it was the government's job to rescue both the criminals and ourselves from our foolish risk-taking?
I think unhealthy attachment and dependency explains it. The only question now is, can we undo the damage, or do we have to wait until the overbearing caretaker dies from a heart attack before we can take collective responsibility for ourselves?
