Human Thinking
How Collective Societal Fear creates Toxic Social Norms
Collective fear often shapes what a society is willing to see, name, and change, and that fear can quietly produce toxic “normal” ways of living.
Collective fear often shapes what a society is willing to see, name, and change, and that fear can quietly produce toxic “normal” ways of living.
Masking is when a person hides or changes parts of who they are in order to feel safer, fit in, or be accepted. It is like wearing an invisible costume in social situations. Many people do this, often without fully realising it, especially if they have been judged, bullied, neglected, or misunderstood in the past.