Ontological Shock: Psychological Roots, Identity Threats, and the Emergence of Supportive Responses

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Ontological shock is the anxiety and disorientation felt when faced with non-human intelligence and humanity’s place in the universe, a concept rooted in Laing and Giddens, popularized by John Mack for abductees, argued by Wendt and Duvall to be an identity threat rather than mere danger, addressed clinically by CIRCEE and Rabeyron to validate such experiences, discussed in public by Grusch and Reagan, with uNHIdden formed to help society cope, while many clinicians remain untrained and supportive therapy aims to restore balance and foster growth amid uncertainty.