The Psychology of Doom

a reply to: Skyfloating

Society is constantly being desensitized by the media, TV, video games...perhaps real life experiences...
Studies have been done that claim humans crave violence, etc. It has to do with the reward circuit of the brain - Something about the excitement involved with violence and doom triggers the reward circuit of the brain and the release of dopamine is key to our fascination.

I am very aware that I love death as much as birth. That is to say, they are two parts of one thing - change.
Even when I have had terrible things happen, I am simultaneously aware of a feeling of excitement co-existing with the sadness. I suspect that it is simply our culture which pulls us to deny that other side of grief and loss, which is joy. It is innappropriate to acknowledge the ecstacy that arises when the slate is wiped clean, a new chapter is about to begin.

I read once this is typical of Capricorns, being at the end of the year, born in the dead of winter... for whatever reason, I am aware of it, and have no doubt that humans bring catastrophy upon themselves, because of this desire for renewal.
Not always (maybe even rarely) consciously or deliberately, more subconsciously .

But yeah, we all have a part of us that yearns for freedom and a clean slate, which battles with our ego, that prefers the familiar and the controllable (no matter how crappy it might be).