Stop The Cycle: Why Hurting Them Back Only Hurts You

This talk explores the critical difference between being hurt by someone else’s unkindness and choosing to react with cruelty. We challenge the notion that "hurting back" is justifiable, arguing that such an action makes us the unkind person we claim to hate in others. Learn how to choose calm and break the cycle by taking responsibility for your own emotional response.

Music by Aonescape from Pixabay

Reviews

That's brilliant! How do I fo this without feeling that I'm suppressing my feelings and feeling that not protecting my own internal child ('the bullies are getting away with it again as I have to be kind all the time'). It's very triggering if you couldn't defend your self from bullies as a small child and sometimes if I don't defend myself as an adult, I feel I'm letting that child down..). I sometime have come up with some physical ailment due to suppressing and not reacting to mistreatment. Maybe I misunderstand it or do not know how to differentiate it. I'd love your comments or input on this. Best wishes and blessings to you. Fabulous podcast!

Perfect! A reality that everyone is experiencing nowadays.

I felt this! I go through this often with family members. I use to engage but I stopped doing that years ago. Now I just feel sad and put distance between us. Not how I want to be living my life at 73 but here we are. At this time I’m trying to decide if I want to put myself through this on Christmas because I don’t want a repeat of Thanksgiving. It’s so hard when this is the only family you have, 😢

Getting even, striking back never works - letting go 🙏