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The bodily instinct to return to the state of quiescence that preceded our birth. The death drive, according to Freud's later writings, explains why humans are drawn to repeat painful or traumatic events (even though such repetition appears to contradict our instinct to seek pleasure).<ref>(Beyond the Pleasure Principle, "The Uncanny")</ref> Through such a compulsion to repeat, the human subject attempts to "bind" the trauma, thus allowing the subject to return to a state of quiescence.
== [[Kid A In Alphabet Land]] ==
You Break With The Cycle Of Birth, Death And Re-Birth, In Favor Of A Fantasy Of Radical Annihilation, To Create A New Order Ex Nihilio! You Call Yourself Thanatos, But You Are Desire In Its Purest Form, Eros Deformed And Masked! Take This Suicide Solution, Death Drive!
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