Plenty of people don’t seem to care about aliens, despite breaking news of their likely existence.
Psychologists break down the reasons why.
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Former president Donald Trump has been charged withconspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election.
Oh, and aliens might be real.
And in July, Grusch expanded on these claims by way of ashocking testimonyin a congressional hearing.
Chicago-based psychotherapist
around out there in our solar system or beyond.
We are not alone.
If confirmed to be true, this news could alter the trajectory of humankind as we know it.
But instead,the general public seems to be a bit… underwhelmed.
So, whydontwe seem to care much at all about the (potential) presence of aliens?
Why does it seem like no one really gives a f*ck?
And, more importantly, does this mean well finally be getting a properIndependence Daysequel?
When you get overwhelmed, oftentimes, the brain doesa thing called dissociation, says Dr. Daramus.
Its sort of your brains way of saying, I cannot be here doing this right now.
Chicago-based psychotherapist
And so it refuses to pay attention to things, and it refuses to process things.
You get trauma-exhausted to the point where you almost dont care if something else happens, says Dr. Daramus.
That is, we might be deprioritizing the alien news over, well, everything else.
Its not that we dont care about aliens, but just that we care about other thingsmore.
And aliens are still very much in thepotentialcamp.
Its outside of our control
Lets say that aliens reallydoexist among us.
Whats an Average Joe like you or I gonna do about it?
Weve been talking about UFOs for years and years and years, says Dr. Hafeez.
For the longest time, it was mostly jokes.
For some people, however, that might be easier said than done.
This can cause gaps in your memory over time, leading to something psychologists refer to asdissociative amnesia.
Or is it a hypothetical worry?
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