Yesterday I was at a philosophy class. Philosophy, as you know, is the mother of all sciences, and psychology in particular. The theme of the circle was stated as “Infantility to death.” Participants discussed Infancy and Death and the relationship between these two categories. What I took away from the meeting for myself, I want to share with you. If you accept the idea of ​​​​separating infantilism and irresponsibility, you can come to some pretty interesting conclusions. Responsibility - according to V. Frankl's definition - is a response through action to the request of the surrounding space - both one's internal one and other people. In other words, I’m thirsty, I need to start looking for water. A person close to me asks for support - I can give it. That is, we always have responsibility, by default. We just sometimes try to “unstick” it from ourselves. This is not mine, take it away, I don’t know what answer to give, what to do, I don’t know how, I don’t want to. So, if we nevertheless separate these concepts and attribute infantilism to the nature of the energy of the Id, which feeds this childish (infantile) part of us, our desires, then it turns out that infantilism is a sign of the presence of desire - it’s about “I want” - how badly the child wants something. This is energy, and energy is life. Death, whether physical or psychological, occurs when these desires end and the opportunity to realize them also ends. Or these desires are blocked. Social stereotypes, prohibitions, attitudes. Death then is inaction, absence of desires or physical death. All there. Then it turns out that infantilism is not so bad. This is our childish part, the source of our energy - desires, drives, joy, sex, etc. And if she doesn’t cause any inconvenience to anyone, doesn’t violate anyone’s boundaries, then - please. There are two sides to a lot of things. And the same goes for infantility. If we look at its reverse side, what does it give us? It turns out that there is a lot of energy, joy, interest, life. There are two sides to a lot of things. And the same goes for infantility. If we look at its reverse side, what does it give us? It turns out that there is a lot of energy, joy, interest, life. My TG channel: https://t.me/berdnikova_psy Join us!