Great insights into the bully mindset. I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I learned something new today. Thank you. Hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend. 😊
Thanks Fred! I'm glad my articles are directing your thought that way! I often try to rethink the things I've lived through. Your experiences change when you look at them from a mature perspective. Thanks for the lovely feedback!
This is important, and reminds me very much of my own experience. To be quiet and not come back with a response more hurtful was seen as surrender, and there was nowhere to disappear to, without leaving the group.
Yeah. There's the illusion that if you can always say something witty, you'll be the darling of the group. But I actually got to the point where I could always say something devastating and I felt robbed when it didn't make me popular. It was an important lesson.
A fascinating examination of self reflection and growing self awareness. If more people in America could do this, the future might seem less bleak.
Thank you very much!
Great insights into the bully mindset. I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I learned something new today. Thank you. Hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend. 😊
Thank you HeartOpen!
Walter,
You keep directing me to look in the mirror and reflect on past (and present) behavior that hits home.
Not typically what I gain by reading the opinion section of the NYT, for example.
Thanks Fred! I'm glad my articles are directing your thought that way! I often try to rethink the things I've lived through. Your experiences change when you look at them from a mature perspective. Thanks for the lovely feedback!
Now if you could just focus more on prayer and football..
Ha!
This is important, and reminds me very much of my own experience. To be quiet and not come back with a response more hurtful was seen as surrender, and there was nowhere to disappear to, without leaving the group.
Yeah. There's the illusion that if you can always say something witty, you'll be the darling of the group. But I actually got to the point where I could always say something devastating and I felt robbed when it didn't make me popular. It was an important lesson.
Very true, being made unpopular could seem like a “win.” As if one was “feared,” and not to be messed with.
Another enlightened morning coffee read. Thank you.
Thank you Diane!
I would love to send this to my father, but I think he still wouldn't understand- or care enough to try.
Call him up and read it to him :)
When one cuts off contact because of abuse, one doesn’t reopen that contact. He’ll have to learn it elsewhere or die ignorant - no longer my problem
Also - he wouldn’t listen, that being the point 😉
Well put.
Thank you!