To survive in conditions, for some time, of wildlife, man had in his possession several vital instinctual skills, the emergence of which was due to a single aspiration - to survive in conditions not adapted for this.
The instinct of self-preservation of man is one of the most pronounced protective mechanisms of our body. In order to realize its meaning, it is necessary to understand how it can protect us in the same way.
In man, this instinct has several forms of its manifestation:
- Biologically unconsciously - in the form of unconscious acts of behavior. They are aimed at avoiding an indirect or immediate danger to life. Escape from a terrible beast and a number of other actions, when "the feet themselves carry", are its manifestation. Unconscious avoidance of objects or phenomena that can cause pain, says the same desire to stay alive.
- Biologically conscious - in the form of a hidden consideration of usefulness or safety. Usually, the danger is realized and the person, under the control of his mind, tries to find a way out of the current situation threatening his life.
Violations of the instinct of self-preservation now occur due to the impact on human development as a personality of socio-psychological factors. A person becomes less susceptible to subconscious alarms and even to obvious danger. The main weapon of the internal "protective shield" of our body is a sense of fear that helps us to realize the complexity of the situation and weigh our real physical capabilities. Among people with a lack of instinct for self-preservation, suicides can be classified. Psychologists believe that people who have laid hands on themselves, behave in an uncharacteristic way in the human psyche. Such an act can only be committed by a man depressed and limited in manifestations of freedom.
How to suppress the instinct of self-preservation?
The global trend towards globalization has already practically coped with this task, because people in the society feel themselves as protected as possible and instinctively incorporated in them the beginnings of primitive behavior are forgotten and fading. But if you are still interested in the question of how to disable the instinct of self-preservation, then below your recommendations are presented to facilitate this.
- Staged loads. The main thing in this business is a step-by-step overcoming of their fears. If your obsession with parachute jump is prevented by obsessive fear of height, then first you should climb to a height of 10-15 meters above the ground. This can be done by climbing to the fifth floor of a high-rise building. After this height ceases to be daunting, you can move on to more serious tests.
- Depreciation. Fear and an instinctive desire to escape from us can cause things that are in fact not life-threatening, but
connected with something very important and significant for us, some episode of our life. Therefore, to disable self-preservation, you need to rethink their meaning. Perhaps, after they cease to be so important, you will cease to be afraid of them. - A good example of bravery. If you can not manifest the fortitude of your spirit in some situations, you need to look at the person knowing how to act in such cases. A visual example sometimes works better than any advice or recommendation.
You can use these techniques to neutralize the action of the instinct of self-preservation, by influencing the source of fear and experience. Of course, the excessive fear of living a full life prevents us from realizing our ambitions, but it must be remembered that our body does not have extraordinary abilities, so it is not recommended to completely get rid of the internal protective mechanism.