The Medical Encyclopedia defines instinct as an unconditioned reflex, which is of a complex nature and manifests itself as an innate stereotyped reaction to the action of certain stimuli.
A long time ago, at the beginning of time, our ancestors, stuffing bumps, developed a set of behavioral stereotypes. You can't climb into the mouth of a lion - you'll get scratched, you can't jump from the top of a cliff - you'll hurt yourself. And in general: not knowing the ford, do not poke your head into the water! This is all the instinct of life, or rather, the instinct of self-preservation for the sake of life.
Instinct is what was laid in the ancestral memory of both animals and people, preventing them from disappearing from the face of the Earth, and what is now being successfully eradicated by people.
Instinct keeps you alive
When a child is born, he brings with him the memory of his ancestors, embedded in his genes in the form of an instinct. He instinctively makes sucking movements to satisfy his hunger, and cries, demanding attention to his person. He, from the moment of birth, carries and takes care of the powerful instinct of self-preservation. He does not allow the baby to die of hunger or freeze, without havingopportunity to call for help.
And then, growing up, the child begins to lose this instinct. Yes, don't be surprised! In our modern world, everything is so confused and displaced that even the basic wild instinct - the instinct of self-preservation - begins to fade.
Guardianship eradicates the instinct of self-preservation
We are taking care of the baby. After all, we are so afraid that he does not know how, does not understand, and can harm himself. Where did it come from? It's just that we grew up in the same conditions. And they shouted to us: "Don't touch, you'll get burned!", "Don't run, you'll fall!"
But it turns out that if a child is allowed to explore the world on his own and believe in his instincts, he will not burn himself or fall, because we will not create an aura of an inept helpless creature around him.
According to researchers who have lived for a long time in wild tribes, the instinct of self-preservation is an amazing mechanism that turns on as soon as a child begins to explore the world around him. Children in these tribes do not fall into pits and are not burned by fire, although they are not taken constant supervision by their elders.
According to psychologists, it is precisely the fact that the child is given the right to be responsible for his life that makes him turn on the instinct of self-preservation. And he, believe me, will work much better than a mother, who herself decides what to do with a child at every moment of his life, and thus takes away this right from him.
The consequences of losing the instinct of self-preservation
And then a new generation appears, which does not appreciate, cannot appreciate life. After allInitially, from infancy, these people heard: "You can't, you don't know, you don't know how." They are afraid of the life they have not known and, accordingly, cannot correctly
dispose of it. What do they appreciate? Why is she needed - this life? And a person subconsciously joins the game with life, constantly testing it for strength. Alcohol, drug addiction, wild games of teenagers, unjustified risk in entertainment are a sign that humanity has lost the basic instinct of self-preservation.
As we evolved, we lost touch with our natural habitat. Replacing instinctive behavior with reasonable. But the intellect played a cruel joke with us. Having ascended to heaven, we no longer felt the ground under our feet, lost our support and, as a result, got lost.
