Sexual Assault Happens to Men Too
This may seem strange to people who have not been victimized, but it’s hard not to feel responsible for what happens to yourself. And when someone violates you – it’s hard – not to take it personally. And people do.
Dealing with Hate
hate isn’t rational. It’s a realistic response, but it doesn’t always help us come up with a strategy that will actually work to solve our problem. Most of the time when we are in the throws of hate – we just lash out – randomly and ineffectively.
Resisting Peer Pressure and Group Think
We humans are instinctively programmed to want to fit in. When someone marks us as others, our immediate instinct is to basically beg to get back into the “group.” This …
Breaking a Wild Horse, Extinction Bursts and Bullying
My son and I had a conversation about how you tame and about how the behavioral extinction process is the same for taming animals to ride them as it is to get bullies to stop. They will fight you and eventually stop – if you do not give them their reward.