A Different Kind of E.D.

Fears

Anxieties

Doubts

Worries

Insecurities

Trauma triggers

Social conditioning

These are what I call “existential drama”; a feature of the human app’s neocortex. If left unexamined and unchallenged they grow. They become strong, permanent stories that govern us. Although they are all illusory, they can cause us to seek external solutions such as idols, information, ideology, etc. Existential drama produces the primary emotions that power structures use to control us. When we look outside of ourselves for a solution, we are inviting in the authority for someone else to control us.

Note: It’s important to point out that I'm referring to the things that trigger a trauma response. I’m not challenging or judging the original trauma nor the ensuing trauma response that comes from being triggered. Those can be very real - especially related to our nervous system. Traumatic events can be singular in the realness of the experience(s) but also produce thousands of illusory narratives over our lifetime.

As with many things in Western culture, we are presented (and taught) a binary choice related to existential drama: suppression or elimination.