Abuse or Trauma?
Victim of Abuse or Trauma?
The effects of aggression permeate every layer of our social fabric. The roles of victim & aggressor are deeply embedded in human consciousness. They play out their dramas in personal, virtual, local, national and international theaters.
Is this the insanity that plagues humanity every day? What aspect of our human endeavor does not in some way depend on this drama for its continued existence?
From early childhood, we mimic and adopt behaviors that we see successfully played out in the family dynamic. Are bullies and victims born, or are they shaped through the pressures and traumas of early developmental circumstances?
Education institutions are hampered in their effectiveness by a bully / victim dynamic at home, and unfortunately, unconsciously perpetuate this dynamic in the halls of learning at all levels and all ages, even in professional schools.
Legal systems are bursting at the seams trying to stem the tide of effects from this collective insanity. We apply laws to every aspect of human behavior in an attempt to regulate insanity with statutes. The bedlam of the penal system stands as a not-so-silent witness to the futility of treating insanity in a prison.
Commerce, with its obsession with “killing” the competition, amplifies this dynamic further. Organizational behavior within a corporation mirrors the predator / prey survival behavior or bully / victim ethos, and the humans who participate in this dynamic are eventually hamstrung by their respective roles. Profits suffer, people leave, and the cycle perpetuates itself in ever-diminishing circles until collapse.
