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Ratio

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Reaction mechanism

Elze27-08-14
Reactive behavior is the ability to respond to internal and external incentives. Because we are daily overwhelmed with incentives of various kinds, we have - depending on type, time, place and priority - developed all kinds of reaction patterns and reaction mechanisms.
 
Response patterns provide recognisability and response mechanisms, but reduce the ability to spontaneously anticipate internal and external incentives. Many of our reaction patterns turn out to be an automatically internalized mirror pattern of parents and others. That feels safer.
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Revenge

Elze04-09-14
Revenge is turning off your conscience and reacting sadistically. Is damaging others mentally, physically, verbally, non-verbally, familially, relationally, intellectually, economically, culturally and/or politically....
  1. because you can't handle frustration.
  2. because something has been done to you and/or your group,
  3. because you hate them, or have an aggressive aversion to them,
  4. because you have put yourself, your group, and/or the leader of your group on a Übermensch-like pedestal.
 
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