What Does Not Kill Me…Hurts My Feelings?

Adult Anxiety And “No Harm” Schooling

During an episode of Shogun Lady Mariko briefly explained to John Blackthorne the concept of the “eightfold fence,” a coping mechanism that the Japanese use for dealing with pain or hardship. By retreating inward into a “walled-off area” inside the self a person may withstand anything. It is a form of stoicism not unlike the British “stiff upper lip.”