{"id":685,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:47:09","slug":"acting-in-acting-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=685","title":{"rendered":"Acting IN <<<  >>> Acting OUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The strategy of internalizing instinctive, defensive procedures is a form of a re-enactment. We could call it \u2018acting in\u2019. To commit violence on oneself is the method preferred by our culture for various reasons.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">One of the positive aspects in the recent escalation of violence &#8216;acting out&#8217; is that it is forcing us to face the fact that post trauma stress, whether it manifests as &#8216;acting in&#8217; or &#8216;acting out&#8217;, is a major health issue. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It is humbling to know that a significant portion of human behavior is performed from hyper aroused states due to incomplete responses to threat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Arousal becomes chronic as a result of overwhelming emotions that have an internal source. Therefore, trauma must be transformed by working with it internally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">We learned that humans are vulnerable to traumatization in a way that animals are not. The key to the exit from this seemingly unsolvable predicament lies in the <span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">characteristic that clearly distinguishes us from animals<\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Our ability to be consciously aware<br \/>\nof our inner experience.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Conscious awareness accessed through the felt sense faculty provides us with a gentle energetic discharge, whereas the animal accesses it by action. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This is called <strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">re-negotiation<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=687\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><strong><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strategy of internalizing instinctive, defensive procedures is a form of a re-enactment. We could call it \u2018acting in\u2019. To commit violence on oneself is the method preferred by our culture for various reasons. 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