Posted by muffled on February 25, 2008, at 23:07:38
In reply to Re: not a safe place, posted by Dr. Bob on February 25, 2008, at 18:33:10
> > I am thinking that babble is not a safe place to be. It seems to me that I am a gerbil in a cage and every once in a awhile master Bob comes and looks in over the top and maybe slaps the gerbils biting each other.
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> That does sound unsafe. Either you get bitten by another poster or you get slapped by me. Would it help if others shared what they do when they're in a place that doesn't feel safe?
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> Bob>>.Every once in a while they seperate an offending gerbil and keep it all alone to teach it some lesson that it has yet to grasp.
*When I feel unsafe i get vigilant and tense.
I get fight/flight/freeze response.
I go into mode that is safest.
All muscles are ready.
My eyes see all.
I will fight and rip and tear if I have to.
I prepare to defend myself when I feel unsafe.
I don't like it.FWIW, I would rather be bitten by a fellow gerbil I can see and fight and understand, than slapped unexpectedly by a giant mysterious hand :-(
Getting slapped unexpectly is traumatizing to gerbils.
Then to be slapped and my friends all are hidden from me :-( Then that is bad. But reckon this gerbil has figgered the bmail or email or chat thing. This gerbil knows that now. But it hurts gerbil to see friends 'talking' and gerbile wants to be there but can't be :-(
This makes gerbile feel like leper and this is a problem this gerbil suffers with thinking.
Gerbil not happy.
Gerbil sad.
Sad gerbils running around afriad and unsure if hand is gonna get them(ONE HAND< ONLY ONE HAND).
Thats all.
poster:muffled
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