Ostracism "affect" is not specific to a single community. No matter the community you belong to. Ostracism affect has a universal content, and an "after shock" mode,
We all belong to a group, once we leave that group physically it doesn't mean we have left emotionally or culturally.
If you abandon your central functioning norm you'll need to replace it with something else, if you don't, that's when things may get really tough because of a profound "identity crisis".
For any of us, that's when things get very complicated.
Body and mind fear emptiness, along with the "nothing" that follows a sudden rupture. Equally the gilt that follows because we abandoned that significant other or others.
What we are next remains the most important question.
If you abandon your central functioning norm you'll need to replace it with something else, if you don't, that's when things may get really tough because of a profound "identity crisis".
For any of us, that's when things get very complicated.
Body and mind fear emptiness, along with the "nothing" that follows a sudden rupture. Equally the gilt that follows because we abandoned that significant other or others.
What we are next remains the most important question.