Before revision: "Laing, Self p. 161 Building on W. R. Bion's account "of the numbing feeling of reality that is a concomitant of this state", and on Kleinian accounts of how "we are all prone to be drawn into social phantasy systems "Laing, Self p. 38 - accounts of how a group's basic assumptions could radiate "long silences, sighs of boredom, movements of discomfort...the hostility of the individuals was being contributed to the group anonymously"W. R. Bion, Experiences in Groups (London 1980) p. 185 and p. 50 - Laing described how "the energy of the nexus is used to prevent anything going on...exchanges are boring, repetitious, concerned only with trivia."
After revision: "Laing, Self p. 161 Building on W. R. Bion's account "of the numbing feeling of reality that is a concomitant of this state", and on Klein's accounts of how "we are all prone to be drawn into social phantasy systems "Laing, Self p. 38 - accounts of how a group's basic assumptions could radiate "long silences, sighs of boredom, movements of discomfort...the hostility of the individuals was being contributed to the group anonymously"W. R. Bion, Experiences in Groups (London 1980) p. 185 and p. 50 - Laing described how "the energy of the nexus is used to prevent anything going on...exchanges are boring, repetitious, concerned only with trivia."