How do I communicate for safety?
An autonomous, often regulatory energy flows through me. An energy movement, an e-motion, which leads in my BodyMind to an externally noticeable movement, an expression to the flock about my state of being. This is pre-linguistic communication. Non-verbal. As befits all animal bodies.
This communication is designed to promote herd safety and survival. And if that energy cannot flow because of a blockage then that energy movement will choose another path or accumulate somewhere. This allows the energy to go inside and bring disturbances there. Or express themselves in another e-motion. Like during a funeral only being able to laugh because sadness is not allowed. Or getting angry when there is sadness, or vice versa. When irritated, start crying instead of getting angry.
The impetus for the movement is a result of a complex process in which my social engagement system scans the environment for safety and that combined with memory and inner state information comes to a system decision what is communicated. This often does have a threshold value so as not to make every nuance a full expression. And in expression, again, there are gradations depending on how serious the movement is in me.
