Why do you think people often say or scream 'No' when something tragic happens?

Answer 1

lol its funny when i read your question i imagined Darth Vader screaming no when he found out Padme died...
I think its cos we just dont want what happened, so we are saying no to it. I do it alot too, when my dog died i screamed "no" and I kept crying and saying no over and over again, whispering it and saying it and stuff, but it wasn't really me saying it, like my subconcsious had just shouted out, it wasn't my mind thinking anymore, it was my soul or something. Its just open revolt, and no is the simplest word, instead of saying "despair" or "hate" or something, "no" is just the word.

Answer 2

Disbelief is a natural reaction to something bad happening. When you first heard about the twin towers being hit did you belive that it was a terriost plot or did you think that a plane had gone off course and hit the towers by accident?? Did you belive it when you'd heard that a second tower had been hit and that a few minutes the towers fell did you really belive it even as you watched it on TV? On some level didn't you think that it was all a bad nightmare and that at some point you might wake up and find out that it wasn't real? Well it's sometimes very hard to grasp hard issues such as unexpected deaths or accidents and denial is the first reaction to something that we can't understand at the first moment of time.

Answer 3

Hmm...I guess they're saying "No" as if they're trying to stop or take back whatever happens. Just like if you tell a dog "No", the dog will stop doing what it was doing, and sometimes not do it again. They say "No" when something tragic happens like it will help. For some reason it just comes out too. In shock, in sadness, "No" just comes from the heart. Well, might not make sense but that's the only way I can describe it.

Answer 4

That has to do with the brain and how it was taught to act in these occasions. As kids, we were brought up with these two words, YES and NO. YES meant something positive, "YES you're a good boy!" "YES mommy loves you" and so on. NO though has always meant something negative to us, "NO don't touch that!" "NO you mustn't do that!". When bad things happen, millions of emotions rush into our brain, and we naturally feel to utter some words. "NO" it's the first word that comes, to show how negative we feel about that. Negativity can have different facets, sadness, anger, pity, rage... Some people will repeat that NO several times. However, switch on your telly on a saturday or on a sunday and watch those men screaming when their team scores: YES! Shouting and jumping up and down as if they've just been told that they would have a 100%pay rise! Yes is something positive for them. It's actually funny though to see how the same feeling can be uttered differently, because of the background of people. An Italian would say SI in positive occasions, a Ghanaian would say AJEI in negative occasions, especially at funerals. For these it's easier to say AJEI than NO , even though NO is faster, because their brain activates the most inner part, the heart, to decide what to say, and what is said is something near to your deepest feeling. Is there something deeper to be said than in your mothertongue? NO, hence, is said when people want (even unknowingly, because it just comes out like that) to express their innermost feelings and their deepest sentiments for the occurence.

Answer 5

People are in a state of denial when something bad happens and "no" is the word that best expresses this.After that comes the other choice language.

Answer 6

Many reasons. Self-denial. Shock. Disbelief.

Answer 7

For the same reason men punch the air and shout "YESSS!" when a goal is scored.

Answer 8

I get Star Wars flashbacks...very traumatic.

Answer 9

Well if they screamed "Yes" it'd seem weird.

Answer 10

Because they do not want it to happen and 'No' is a good short word for, "I don't want that to happen!", basically.