[ SECRET POST #3419 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3419 ⌋

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[Shingeki no Kyojin]


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["Seitenkango, Shinyuu to" by Eroe]
















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Comments

Can you be too laid back?

[(Anonymous)]

I've realized recently that I don't react to stressful situations or surprises like anyone else I am around. My family is always panicking when something happens but I am just like, "Whatever. I know storm sirens are going off but I need to grab my phone and a snack before we go to the shelter." *casually walks to room and then to shelter*

Re: Can you be too laid back?

[case]

I worry about this too sometimes but haven't found a definitive answer yet.

Re: Can you be too laid back?

[(Anonymous)]

I would define too laid back as someone who never gets visibly excited or passionate about anything, who can't ever give strong opinions about anything, and who constantly expresses disinterest with everything.

Re: Can you be too laid back?

[herpymcderp]

That's the definition of apathy. Laid back means being unconcerned and unworried, not disinterested/aloof.

Re: Can you be too laid back?

[(Anonymous)]

Wouldn't being unworried and unconcernef about things that should be worrisone and concetning, like Anon describes, also count as apathy? I wouldn't distinguish between lack of a positive reaction and lack of a negative one. Also, I had in mind certain people I know who seem to reign in their positive responses to things on purpose (maybe out if embarassment or an effort to avoid possible embarassment) and since I consider being laid back to be an affectation (whereas apathy is how you really feel and not something you can help) then trying not to show excitement ever is being too laid back.

Re: Can you be too laid back?

[herpymcderp]

Yes. Definitively, yes. Psychological studies have borne this out for years. Fear is a healthy process, so long as it's the right amount of fear. Too much or too little is generally a detrimental state to be in.

Fear is what our ancestors relied on to go, "Oh fuck, that's a bear, I should GTFO at my soonest possible convenience." Usually these days we just use it to motivate us to do well on tests (fun fact: test nerves are actually beneficial! Getting pre test jitters makes for better recall since the area responsible for the fear response - the amygdala - is so very tightly linked to the area responsible for short term memory storage and activation - the hippocampus).

To use a pertinent example, not enough of a decisive reaction to a life threatening situation means you're way more likely to be the person in the tsunami video going out to gape at the "really low tide" and then not running away fast enough to escape drowning.