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'''Toxic Socialization''' (Michael S., 2016) is a [[socialization]] process specifically designed to fracture attachments, undermine [[Self Esteem]], destroy [[Ego Boundaries|ego boundaries]], and disable the body's ability to contain higher levels of [[Consciousness]]. Toxic socialization undermines [[Development]] and damages the child by denying them satisfaction of needs and exposing them to violence and neglect that undermine the health and integrity of the [[Physical Unit]]. Toxic socialization is implemented in order to create a docile and compliant [[Physical Unit]] with low [[CQ]], willing to fit into the accumulation machinery of this planet (Sharp, 2013). Toxic socialization is characterized by five principle experiences, all of which are normally present. These five experiences include
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* Parental Displacement. Displacement of parents as primary role models and authority figures in the child's life.
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* Destruction of Attachments. Destruction and/or degradation of primary attachments
'''Toxic Socialization''' is a used to refer to a socialization process that undermines human potential and disables the body's ability to [[Connect]] and contain higher levels of [[Consciousness]]. Toxic socialization is characterized by [[violence]] and abuse, <ref>The deleterious effects of violence and neglect in childhood are well established. For a summary, see Sosteric. “Toxic Socialization.” Socjourn, 2016. https://www.academia.edu/25275338/Toxic_Socialization.</ref> [[neglect]] of needs, [[chaos]] in the home environment, [[Destruction of Attachments]] (including [[Parental Displacement]]) and [[Indoctrination]].
* Violence and Abuse. Violence and abuse includes physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual violence.
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** '''physical abuse:''' hitting, biting, corporal punishment, prenatal exposure to drugs. sexual abuse: sexual contact or non-contact, sexual interference (Behl, Conyngham, & May, 2003)
** '''psychological abuse:''' abuse that impairs the mental life of the individual, including impairment of intelligence, memory, perception, attention, imagination, and moral development (O'Hagan, 1995).
** '''emotional abuse:''' o abuse that impairs/damages the emotional life of the individual, including their ability to properly regulate emotions, and to take responsibility, be confident, be open to others when appropriate, maintain appropriate boundaries, and trust. Emotional abuse includes verbal abuse, excessive demands, excessively harsh judgments, and other abuse patterns that impact the child’s ability to feel happy and healthy in their own skin (O'Hagan, 1995).
** '''spiritual abuse:'''
* [[Neglect]]
** physical neglect, failure to meet nutritional needs, inadequate food, shelter,
** emotional neglect, abandonment, failure to provide supervision
** medical neglect/psychological neglect/educational neglect (Behl et al., 2003)
* [[Indoctrination]]  


Toxic Socialization damages the mental and emotional apparatus of the [[Physical Unit]]. From a [[Lightning Path]] perspective, the primary outcome is lower Consciousness in the body (i.e. lower [[CQ]]). Additional negatives include [[Energy System]] damage, bodily and mental debilitation, mental and physical dysfunction, and greater susceptibility to disease. Psychological, physical, emotional, and neurological outcomes are summarized below. For a comprehensive summary of negative outcomes associated with toxic socialization, see my article [https://www.sociology.org/toxic-socialization/ Toxic Socialization]
==Syncretic Terms==


[[Toxic Socialization]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Toxic Socialization]]}}


==See Also==
==Elements of Toxic Socialization==


[[Development]] | [[Parental Displacement]]  
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==Notes==
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_Schreber Dr. Daniel Gottlieb Moritz Schreber] is a German physician who actually advocated a horrific form of Toxic Socialization. Mom Katya Degrieck<ref>Degrieck, Katya. “Dr. Daniel Gottlieb Moritz Schreber Archives.” Motherhood (blog). Accessed May 7, 2019. http://motherhoodinpointoffact.com/tag/dr-daniel-gottlieb-moritz-schreber/.</ref> provides some interesting commentary, including the insight that the popularity of his methods likely contributed to the easy growth of fascism in pre-WWII Germany! If that is not an argument for the global abolition of all toxic socialization practices, I don't know what is.
 
Toxic socialization is encouraged in at least one passage in the Old Testament, [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+23:13-14 Proverbs 23: 13-14]
 
Martin Teicher provides a fascinating and compelling look at the neurological ''damage'' caused by violence and neglect in childhood.<Ref>Teicher, Martin. “Scars That Won’t Heal: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse.” Scientific American, 2002. https://cdpsdocs.state.co.us/ccjj/Committees/JuvenileTF/Handout/ScarsThatWontHeal-NeurobiologyOfChildAbuse.pdf.</ref> His article is particularly interesting because he notes the damage is actually adaptive and "sculps" the brain to respond in ways that although they are toxic and antisocial, nevertheless are adaptive for the organism as a whole.
 
Oscar Ichazo notes that the bodily ego becomes distorted and sick as a consequence of toxic socialization. "A person retains the purity of essence for a short time. It is lost between four and six years of age when the child begins to imitate his parents, tell lies, and pretend. A contradiction developers between the inner feelings of the child and the outer social reality to which he must conform. Ego consciousness is the limited mode of awareness that develops as a result of the fall into society. Personality forms a defensive layer over the essence and the world. The ego feels the world as alien and dangerous because it constantly fails to satisfy the deeper needs of the self."<ref>Keen, Sam. “Breaking the Tyranny of the Ego.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 9</ref>
 
In an interesting nineteen seventy-five, James Prescott published a study suggesting the link between childhood violence and neglect, and adulthood violence and war. In the conclusion, the author says, "The competitive ethic, which teaches children that they must advance at the expense of others, should be replaced by values of cooperation and a pursuit of excellence for its own sake. We must raise children to be emotionally capable of giving love and affection, rather than to exploit others."<ref>Prescott, James W. “Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence.” The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, 1975, 10–20. http://www.violence.de/prescott/bulletin/article.html</ref>
 
'''Toxic socialization stunts and damages the [[Physical Unit]].''' It damages the [[Bodil Ego]] and causes
 
* [[PSST]] - Psychosocialspiritual trauma
* [[Fractured Attachments]]
* [[Physical Illness]]
* [[Disjuncture]]
* Lower IQ
* Lower [[CQ]]
* [[Addictions]]
* [[Robotization]]
* Premature aging
 
Toxic socialization disconnects. "The most important obstacle to that kind of openness is a history of traumatic experiences that lead to emotional and physical blockages, a kind of Reichian armoring that separates us from the rest of the world."<Ref>Laszlo, Ervin, Stanislav Grof, and Peter Russell. The Consciousness Revolution. Las Vegas: Elf Rock Productions, 1999. https://amzn.to/2TlOCmC.</ref>
 
'''Toxic socialization''' is required by [[The System]], important for [[System Maintenance]], actuated through indoctrination of an [[Old Energy Creation Template]], and supported by [[Intergenerational Toxicity]] (a.k.a. toxic "traditions")
 
"Spare the rod and spoil the child" is an admonishment to expose children to violence, an admonishment to Toxic Socialization.
 
Toxic socialization is implemented in order to create a docile and compliant [[Physical Unit]] with low [[CQ]], willing to fit into the accumulation machinery of this planet (Sosteric, 2016).
 
Abraham Maslow had a nascent sense of toxic socialization. He "generally ... believed that the social environment inhibits rather than facilitates [[Self-actualization]], for example by frustrating the lower needs, encouraging defensiveness, or masking the real self with an idealized self."<ref>Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 71.</ref> Maslow felt that a "culture gone bad" suppressed "love, kindness, and tenderness" and inhibited authentic human actualization<ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): p. 7.</ref> He suggested the need to consider the development of a ''Eupsychia'' or a "psychologically healthy culture" that encourages full human development, in particular, the expression of higher human needs and values.<ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): p. 1-2.</ref>
 
Abraham Maslow distinguished between "coping," which is a response to toxic environments, and expression, which can occur only in positive environments.<ref>Maslow.“The Expressive Component of Behavior.” Psychological Review 56, no. 5 (September 1949): 261–72. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0053630.</ref>
 
John Lennon wrote [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMewtlmkV6c Working Class Hero] which is a discussion of Toxic Socialization in the context of social class exploitation.
 
The song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ-dv_Wl7og wage slaves] is about breaking the shackles that hold workers down in a system that depends on the diminishment of people through manipulation and constant demeaning, to service the greed of by people in powerful positions. (VJB).
 
The toxic quality of western cultures is recognized by others. A Samoan chief, for example, writes that in Samoan culture, "grey hair comes very slowly, not in youth, as it comes to the white man.<ref>Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa (Perennial Classics) (p. 46). William Morrow. Kindle Edition. "</ref>


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==


Neufeld, Gorden & Mate, Gabor (2013). ''Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers''. Vintage Canada.
Neufeld, Gorden & Mate, Gabor (2013). ''Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers''. Vintage Canada.
Sosteric, M. (2018). The damage we're doing to ourselves and our children. ''The Conversation.'' [https://theconversation.com/the-damage-were-doing-to-our-children-and-ourselves-97894]


Sosteric, Mike (2012). The Emotional Abuse of Our Children. Teachers, Schools, and the Sanctioned Violence of our Modern Institutions. ''Socjourn''' [http://www.sociology.org/the-emotional-abuse-of-our-children-teachers-schools-and-the-sanctioned-violence-of-our-modern-institutions/]
Sosteric, Mike (2012). The Emotional Abuse of Our Children. Teachers, Schools, and the Sanctioned Violence of our Modern Institutions. ''Socjourn''' [http://www.sociology.org/the-emotional-abuse-of-our-children-teachers-schools-and-the-sanctioned-violence-of-our-modern-institutions/]


Sosteric, Mike (2016). Toxic Socialization. ''Socjourn'' https://www.sociology.org/toxic-socialization/
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Revision as of 11:35, 24 July 2019


Toxic Socialization is a used to refer to a socialization process that undermines human potential and disables the body's ability to Connect and contain higher levels of Consciousness. Toxic socialization is characterized by violence and abuse, [1] neglect of needs, chaos in the home environment, Destruction of Attachments (including Parental Displacement) and Indoctrination.

Syncretic Terms

Toxic Socialization > Poisonous Pedagogy

Elements of Toxic Socialization

Chaos, Destruction of Attachments, Indoctrination, Neglect, Parentification, Violence

Notes

Dr. Daniel Gottlieb Moritz Schreber is a German physician who actually advocated a horrific form of Toxic Socialization. Mom Katya Degrieck[2] provides some interesting commentary, including the insight that the popularity of his methods likely contributed to the easy growth of fascism in pre-WWII Germany! If that is not an argument for the global abolition of all toxic socialization practices, I don't know what is.

Toxic socialization is encouraged in at least one passage in the Old Testament, Proverbs 23: 13-14

Martin Teicher provides a fascinating and compelling look at the neurological damage caused by violence and neglect in childhood.[3] His article is particularly interesting because he notes the damage is actually adaptive and "sculps" the brain to respond in ways that although they are toxic and antisocial, nevertheless are adaptive for the organism as a whole.

Oscar Ichazo notes that the bodily ego becomes distorted and sick as a consequence of toxic socialization. "A person retains the purity of essence for a short time. It is lost between four and six years of age when the child begins to imitate his parents, tell lies, and pretend. A contradiction developers between the inner feelings of the child and the outer social reality to which he must conform. Ego consciousness is the limited mode of awareness that develops as a result of the fall into society. Personality forms a defensive layer over the essence and the world. The ego feels the world as alien and dangerous because it constantly fails to satisfy the deeper needs of the self."[4]

In an interesting nineteen seventy-five, James Prescott published a study suggesting the link between childhood violence and neglect, and adulthood violence and war. In the conclusion, the author says, "The competitive ethic, which teaches children that they must advance at the expense of others, should be replaced by values of cooperation and a pursuit of excellence for its own sake. We must raise children to be emotionally capable of giving love and affection, rather than to exploit others."[5]

Toxic socialization stunts and damages the Physical Unit. It damages the Bodil Ego and causes

Toxic socialization disconnects. "The most important obstacle to that kind of openness is a history of traumatic experiences that lead to emotional and physical blockages, a kind of Reichian armoring that separates us from the rest of the world."[6]

Toxic socialization is required by The System, important for System Maintenance, actuated through indoctrination of an Old Energy Creation Template, and supported by Intergenerational Toxicity (a.k.a. toxic "traditions")

"Spare the rod and spoil the child" is an admonishment to expose children to violence, an admonishment to Toxic Socialization.

Toxic socialization is implemented in order to create a docile and compliant Physical Unit with low CQ, willing to fit into the accumulation machinery of this planet (Sosteric, 2016).

Abraham Maslow had a nascent sense of toxic socialization. He "generally ... believed that the social environment inhibits rather than facilitates Self-actualization, for example by frustrating the lower needs, encouraging defensiveness, or masking the real self with an idealized self."[7] Maslow felt that a "culture gone bad" suppressed "love, kindness, and tenderness" and inhibited authentic human actualization[8] He suggested the need to consider the development of a Eupsychia or a "psychologically healthy culture" that encourages full human development, in particular, the expression of higher human needs and values.[9]

Abraham Maslow distinguished between "coping," which is a response to toxic environments, and expression, which can occur only in positive environments.[10]

John Lennon wrote Working Class Hero which is a discussion of Toxic Socialization in the context of social class exploitation.

The song wage slaves is about breaking the shackles that hold workers down in a system that depends on the diminishment of people through manipulation and constant demeaning, to service the greed of by people in powerful positions. (VJB).

The toxic quality of western cultures is recognized by others. A Samoan chief, for example, writes that in Samoan culture, "grey hair comes very slowly, not in youth, as it comes to the white man.[11]

Further Reading

Neufeld, Gorden & Mate, Gabor (2013). Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers. Vintage Canada.

Sosteric, M. (2018). The damage we're doing to ourselves and our children. The Conversation. [1]

Sosteric, Mike (2012). The Emotional Abuse of Our Children. Teachers, Schools, and the Sanctioned Violence of our Modern Institutions. Socjourn' [2]

Footnotes

  1. The deleterious effects of violence and neglect in childhood are well established. For a summary, see Sosteric. “Toxic Socialization.” Socjourn, 2016. https://www.academia.edu/25275338/Toxic_Socialization.
  2. Degrieck, Katya. “Dr. Daniel Gottlieb Moritz Schreber Archives.” Motherhood (blog). Accessed May 7, 2019. http://motherhoodinpointoffact.com/tag/dr-daniel-gottlieb-moritz-schreber/.
  3. Teicher, Martin. “Scars That Won’t Heal: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse.” Scientific American, 2002. https://cdpsdocs.state.co.us/ccjj/Committees/JuvenileTF/Handout/ScarsThatWontHeal-NeurobiologyOfChildAbuse.pdf.
  4. Keen, Sam. “Breaking the Tyranny of the Ego.” In Interviews with Oscar Ichazo. New York: Arica Institute Press, 1982. https://amzn.to/2MOwleU. p. 9
  5. Prescott, James W. “Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence.” The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, 1975, 10–20. http://www.violence.de/prescott/bulletin/article.html
  6. Laszlo, Ervin, Stanislav Grof, and Peter Russell. The Consciousness Revolution. Las Vegas: Elf Rock Productions, 1999. https://amzn.to/2TlOCmC.
  7. Daniels, M. “The Development of the Concept of Self-Actualization in the Writings of Abraham Maslow.” Current Psychological Perspectives 2 (1982): 71.
  8. Maslow, Abraham. “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): p. 7.
  9. Maslow, Abraham. “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): p. 1-2.
  10. Maslow.“The Expressive Component of Behavior.” Psychological Review 56, no. 5 (September 1949): 261–72. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0053630.
  11. Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa (Perennial Classics) (p. 46). William Morrow. Kindle Edition. "