The Senses and Self-Defense

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*Unique disclaimer: Nothing stated herein is meant to serve as legal or other forms of advice. The topic addressed in this blogpost is for psychoeducational and informational purposes only. Consult with qualified legal counsel before acting on any measure expressed herein. Moving on.

When listening to an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ set by Clara Datz, I heard a track entitled “The Senses” by Armen Miran and Pambouk from their 2023 EP Doors of Perception. Hearing the song, I realized that I haven’t written about the senses, about which one source states:

A sense is a biological system used by an organism for sensation, the process of gathering information about the surroundings through the detection of stimuli. Although, in some cultures, five human senses were traditionally identified as such (namely sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing), many more are now recognized.

Senses used by non-human organisms are even greater in variety and number. During sensation, sense organs collect various stimuli (such as a sound or smell) for transduction, meaning transformation into a form that can be understood by the brain. Sensation and perception are fundamental to nearly every aspect of an organism’s cognition, behavior and thought.

For context, as “sensation” was mentioned in the aforementioned source, in a blogpost entitled Sensation, I stated:

I’ll address sensations—mental processes (such as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process.

For instance, human ears are organs of hearing and equilibrium. These organs contribute to the physiological sensory process. With detection and analysis of sound by way of transduction, we have the mental interpretative ability that results in the sensation of hearing.

Additionally, a sensation can relate to a state of consciousness due to internal bodily changes. As an example, if a person attends a rave and consumes MDMA (ecstasy), this internal chemical alteration produces an altered state of consciousness.

Thus, a raver on ecstasy may experience various sensations such as heightened tactile (feeling) response, imbalance (floating), euphoria (extreme happiness), and excess energy (jittery). As such, sensation relates to feeling.

Additionally, as “perception” was mentioned in the aforementioned source, as well as on the EP Doors of Perception, in a blogpost entitled Perception, Action, and Will, I stated:

Aside from one version of perception that relates to the senses (awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation), perception relates to a quick, acute, and intuitive cognition. Pertaining to this matter, in a blogpost entitled Perception Isn’t Reality, I stated:

[P]erception isn’t reality. Rather, it’s merely an imprecise depiction of what simply is. Doubtlessly, some irrational believers of woo-woo nonsense will claim otherwise.

Rather than disturbing myself with beliefs about these people, I unconditionally accept that some individuals are willfully foolish and that I, too, could be the individual who is naïve in this regard. For now, I assert that perception isn’t reality.

Understanding that I may only imprecisely perceive truth about the nature of reality, I can control my level of discernment regarding what I observe and think. Moreover, I can control my reaction to perceptions through use of the ABC model—one of the major techniques of REBT [Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy].

With my approach to care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”), I invite people to consider scripts which are rational (in accordance with both logic and reason) – especially regarding events which correlate with strong feelings.

On the topic of feelings, I often find it valuable to clarify what this element represents in regard to the construct of beliefs. This is because people generally misuse this term.

A “feeling” relates to either: 1. Emotion (i.e., joy, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust, surprise, etc.) or 2. Sensation (e.g., tightened or stiffened jaw). If the word “feel” (or any derivative thereof) can be replaced with “hunch,” “thought,” or “belief” (or any derivative thereof), it’s not a feeling.

Thus, it’s improper to say something along the lines of “I feel like you did that to get back at me,” because what one typically intends on communicating is “I believe that you did that to get back at me.” Noteworthy, there’s a foundation for quibbling with this sort of misuse.

In REBT, unfavorable beliefs which cause unpleasant consequences are rigorously challenged. However, feelings (i.e., emotions and sensations) aren’t confronted. Thus, proper use of feelings-based language affords a person the opportunity to examine the logic and reason one uses.

Here, “logic” is the interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable, and “reason” is a statement offered in explanation or justification. For instance, a modus ponens syllogism uses the following logical form: If p, then q; p; therefore, q.

As an example, if you sense danger through visual perception (p), then your beliefs about what you observe may cause a reaction (q). You sense danger through visual perception (p). Therefore, your beliefs about what you observe may cause a reaction (q).

For context concerning self-disturbance of this sort, REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable Action occurs and you Believe an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumption, not the occurrence itself, that causes an unpleasant Consequence.

Noteworthy, from a psychological standpoint, people disturb themselves using a Belief-Consequence (B-C) connection. Of course, this isn’t to suggest that in the context of the naturalistic or physical world there is no Action-Consequence (A-C) connection.

As an example, if you sense danger through visual perception when witnessing a gun-wielding individual indiscriminately shooting at people in public (Action), then your mind then processes the event (Consequence). This A-C experience can happen in an instant!

Still, it’s what you Believe about what you’ve seen that causes naturally-occurring distress in the form of fear (Consequence). This is a matter of transduction (i.e., transformation of information that can be understood by the brain). Many people misinterpret this response.

For context, one REBT source thusly draws the following distinction between healthy distress and unhealthy disturbance (page 71):

REBT conceptualizes [distress] as healthy even though it is intense. Other approaches to therapy have as their goal the reduction of the intensity of negative emotions. They take this position because they do not keenly differentiate between healthy negative emotions (distress) and unhealthy negative emotions (disturbance).

Now, REBT keenly distinguishes between healthy distress and unhealthy disturbance. Healthy distress stems from your rational beliefs about a negative activating event, whilst disturbance stems from your irrational beliefs about the same event.

It’s a matter of much debate as to whether or not A-C versus B-C causation is the only explanation for reactive fear. For instance, if you hear gunshots in a grocery store, where such noise isn’t expected, is there a precipitating belief that produces fear, or is the fear automatic?

For the sake of time, suppose that even if you aren’t able to readily identify your automatic internal narrative, the ABC model posits that there’s a B-C connection that causes your reaction. Thus, even in the case of automatic fear, it’s proposed that a precipitating belief was present.

Further in REBT literature, B-C connections corresponding with automatic fear (i.e., a healthy negative emotion) are recognized as a form of healthy distress. Still, it’s one’s interpretation of an activating event that causes disturbance. For context, one REBT source clarifies (page 227):

[W]henever a problematic situation occurs in your life, which could possibly be dangerous or even life-threatening, you encounter it in the context—that is, your view of (1) how dangerous it “really” is and (2) your view of how “horrible” your private reactions are to it.

In this cited REBT source, actual fear is acknowledged. Arguably, it’s a matter of healthy distress to automatically be afraid when firsthand experiencing a public shooting. Personally, I’d doubtlessly be afraid to be shot at in public. I imagine the same is true for you.

Additionally, the cited REBT source identifies awfulizing (i.e., “horrible”; which occurs when considering the worst possible outcomes in a given situation). As I’ve highlighted an A-C experience, let’s now examine a B-C self-disturbed connection that uses awfulizing.

You witness a gun-wielding individual indiscriminately shooting at people in public (Action) and you Believe, “It’s horrible that I’m gonna die!” Given that healthy fear is a matter of distress, introducing an unhelpful Belief then causes sheer terror and a freezing response (Consequence).

Bear in mind that the aforementioned REBT source stated that your views of “(1) how dangerous [a situation] ‘really’ is and (2) your view of how ‘horrible’ your private reactions are to it” are what result in the distinction between healthy distress and unhealthy disturbance.

Addressing how people upset themselves with unhelpful attitudes, the ABC model incorporates Disputation of unproductive philosophies of life in order to explore Effective new beliefs. Whereas rigid beliefs cause self-disturbance, flexible beliefs result in an un-disturbed condition.

To be clear, if you sense danger through visual perception when witnessing a gun-wielding person indiscriminately shooting at people in public, then healthy distress from beliefs that cause automatic fear is natural. I spent 11 years in the military and I’d be afraid during that event, too!

Nevertheless, unhealthy disturbance is an unnatural reaction which is caused by the unfavorable scripts you use. Ergo, your senses are a helpful form of detection which could save your life.

For instance, beliefs about seeing a public shooting event may cause fear which initiates a flight response. In the military, I served on two tactical teams and received advanced firearms training. In a public shooting event, if I had an option, I’d rather take flight than stick around and fight.

Contrarily, unhelpful beliefs may cause terror and freezing during such a shooting event. If I could help it, I’d rather flee the scene. If that’s not an option, I’d fight my way out of danger. Yet, freezing from a B-C reaction would be the worst possible outcome for my self-defense.

For context, one source states, “Self-defense […] is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in times of danger is available in many jurisdictions.”

Perhaps you think that my perspective on running as a self-defense strategy when sensing danger is something akin to cowardice. If so, I invite you to consider what Jocko Willink (a retired United States Navy officer who served in the Navy SEALs) once had to say about this outlook:

Talking about true self-defense here, first and foremost—most important thing […] is situational awareness, and putting yourself in good situations where bad things are not going to happen to you. Doing that to the best of your ability and being aware of your surroundings, that’s the very important first step in self-defense.

Second, guns. If you are a person that really needs to defend yourself, and you live in a horrible area and there’s violent people around and you might be a small—a very small person, or you might be elderly, or you might have some sort of a physical limitation, then how you’re going to defend yourself is using guns—using a gun.

So, I mean that—that’s just the way it is. Now, okay, that being said, maybe you can’t have a gun, maybe you don’t have a gun, and you don’t always want to have to pull a gun out. Even though a gun is a great deterrent and most people, if they see that you have a gun, are not going to want to fight you anymore.

But obviously, you can’t be just yanking a gun out at anything that happens. And you don’t always have them with you. For instance, you know, in certain places you’re not allowed to have a gun. Certain states, you’re not allowed to have a gun. In the water, if you’re surfing, you’re not allowed to have a gun.

So, what do you do? […] We are born with our primary form of self-defense, and we learn it from a very young age. And our primary form of self-defense will keep you safe from most of these situations. And that is running. […]

We’re talking about self-defense. We’re not talking offense. We’re talking about defense. How do you stay safe? So, if I square off with you, and I wanna fight and punch you, run away. I’m not holding on to you. Run away.

If there’s me and three of my friends, run away. If I have a knife and I’m gonna try and stab you, run away! So, all these kind of attacks—they’re a disconnected attack. I’m not holding on to you. So, run away from me! Get out of there! Run into a public place. Run to where there’s other people that can help you. Run!

Where this changes is when somebody grabs a hold of you. When somebody grabs a hold of you, you can no longer run away, and you have to be able to make them un-grab you—let go of you!

Without prescribing what anyone else should, must, or ought to do regarding a public shooting event, allow me to describe what my outlook is—which aligns with Willink’s perspective. In a blogpost entitled People Have the Right to Self-Determination, I stated:

I acknowledge that I have no control or influence over these [public and/or mass shooting] issues. Thus, I admit that the only thing I can control in this regard is my reaction to these matters.

Similarly, if I’m in public and an individual unfavorably decides to commit a mass shooting while blocking my ingress to a facility or egress from the event, then it’ll be time to cue The Diplomats’ sample of Marvin Gaye’s song “Let’s Get It On”, because I control my index finger.

In a view similar to Willink’s, I advocated first fleeing the vicinity of a public and/or mass shooting event. If unable to do so, I admitted that my second line of self-defense would be to use a firearm if (and honestly, most likely when) I have one on me. What you do is your business.

In closing, one may wonder what this post has to do with mental health. After all, I started out discussing an EDM song regarding the senses, transitioned to discussion about a Navy SEAL’s perspective on self-defense, and wound up illustrating my advocacy for legal firearms use.

For the curious reader, one may be surprised to learn that I’ve worked with a number of clients within the State of Texas who’ve sought a License to Carry (LTC; i.e., concealed carry), similar to what I currently possess. For those who qualify, I support this measure.

Unlike people who advocate anti-constitutional red flag legislation, I defer to the Bill of Rights (i.e., the Second Amendment). The part about how this inalienable right “shall not be infringed” is pretty straightforward verbiage.

If one senses danger through visual perception when witnessing a gun-wielding person shooting at people in public, then I hope one can flee the area. If unable to do so, then I advocate self-defense through a constitutionally-protected right to carry a firearm (and legally using it).

If you’re looking for a provider who tries to work to help you understand how thinking impacts physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral elements of your life, I invite you to reach out today by using the contact widget on my website.

As the world’s foremost EDM and hip hop-influenced REBT psychotherapist—promoting content related to EDM, I’m pleased to try to help people with an assortment of issues from anger (hostility, rage, and aggression) to relational issues, adjustment matters, trauma experience, justice involvement, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and depression, and other mood or personality-related matters. 

At Hollings Therapy, LLC, serving all of Texas, I aim to treat clients with dignity and respect while offering a multi-lensed approach to the practice of psychotherapy and life coaching. My mission includes: Prioritizing the cognitive and emotive needs of clients, an overall reduction in client suffering, and supporting sustainable growth for the clients I serve. Rather than simply trying to help you to feel better, I want to try to help you get better!

Deric Hollings, LPC, LCSW

Photo credit (edited), fair use

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