hi all i do believe that aggression is an instinctive reaction to fear of attack i.e. the "cornered rat" syndrome "fight" or "flight" is a simplistic black and white instinctive response as humans we have a choice of acting on our animal instincts or not our animal instinct reactions may be based on misperceived actions maybe what we interpret as an attack is not one at all we have the gift of a thinking mind which can discern the many shades of gray which comprise our world if we have been taught self-hatred maybe we tend to see potential attack all around us when it is not really there? still mulling and musing... janet janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/