What is the reason for such a crippling reaction to uncomfortable social interactions?
EDIT: Thank for the replies so far, I am more wondering from an animal behaviour perspective. Starting to get the sense it is a form of social preservation because you can dissociate yourself from the bad thing.
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I’ve tried to condition my dog to not bark at strangers, but she’s a watch dog at heart. If I’m in the room and she barks at a noise outside, she’ll immediately look at me, put her ears back and flinch, then break eye contact and stop barking. A doggy cringe if ever I’ve seen one.
As for why people or animals might do it, I can only guess. Some mechanism in our brains makes us close our eyes and will this awkward situation to go away. A holdover from our childhoods to close our eyes and deny that object permanence exists so that the cause of our discomfort also no longer exists? An acceptance that we can’t avoid this situation so we close our eyes and brace for impact emotional or physical?
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