Without a doubt, the second world war resulted in a great destruction for humanity like the previous one. It is kind of the story of two giant powers, who see no rights other than their own expansionist policies, and the others who are trapped between them and wait in fear for the day their destiny will find them. Caught between fascist Nazi Germany and Communist Stalin’s Russia during the war, Poland finally experienced the invasion and disintegration that awaited it. For Poles, this painful experience is a mass trauma, of course. But trauma does not only happen when the feared thing happens to us, but the possibility of a painful event happening to us can also create this. As a matter of fact, the “Poland Syndrome” has thus entered the literature. “Living with the fear that one day the tragic end of Poland, which has neighbors with these two powers, may one day find them too”. Turkey was one of the first to experience this fear. Living with the threat of war and disintegration for many years even though he did not go to war.. Waking up with fear every new day and going through sleepless nights..
Working on your toes without knowing when we’ll be scolded by your boss? Eating and working? To walk around the house shakily all day, not knowing what behavior your parents will get angry with and how you will be beaten? Or take a beating and sit down?
According to a study conducted on children who have been subjected to violence by parents with inconsistent acts, it has been observed that some children develop a kind of coping mechanism after a while, instead of waiting for punishments that they do not know when they will come and increasing their anxiety levels. According to this, instead of standing in a passive position and anxiously waiting for the pain to find them at any moment, they felt the ropes in their hands and chose to be scolded or beaten by provoking their parents at the times they determined. Thus, they saved the rest of their time from being afraid.
There will always be strong dangers to what we have or hope to become.
So, does experiencing a bad thing or living with the fear of experiencing it create greater destruction?
Poland syndrome
There will always be strong dangers to what we have or hope to become. So, does experiencing a bad thing or living with the fear of experiencing it create greater destruction?
