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They Hurt Us to Feel Powerful: What a Predator Is About
People often ask why someone would do something so devastating as what I’ve experienced. Why would a parent create a coercive, dangerous environment for their child? Why would someone keep a young person trapped and isolated, controlling every part of … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, abusers, harm, institutional betrayal, IPNB, Medicine, predators, victim
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The Neurobiology of Resistance: Standing Against Abusive Power
I didn’t become a fighter by choice. My environment demanded it. There was no room to ally with my abusive father. He didn’t allow it. I couldn’t stop him from hurting me for being a girl, for not being the … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, authoritarinanism, compliance, connection, danger, fight, resistance, safety
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Protect the Predator, Protect the Brand: How Hospitals Foster Criminal Behavior
Like pediatrics, family medicine, and mental health, gynecology is a medical specialty to which predators are attracted. Each specialty gives abusers access to numerous potential victims. An investigative report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution identified over 3,100 individual physicians named in … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Abuser, hospital, institutions, predator, safety
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The Most Predatory Systems in America
In America today, several systems are notoriously predatory because they extract resources–money, labor, health, or dignity–from people without providing safety, care, or fairness in return. These systems often target the most vulnerable while shielding those with wealth and power. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Behavioral Health, big pharma, Black, child welfare, children, criminal, disabled, employment, healthcare, housing, immigration, indigenous, labor, legal, Mental Health, migrants, poor, predators, predatory, predatory systems, real estate, surveillance, tech, welfare, workforce
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Why They Picked You: How Predators Groom, Test, and Exploit Relational Intelligence
From an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) perspective, predators are not randomly drawn to people; they are strategic. They operate by scanning for individuals whose nervous systems and relational patterns make them more likely to override their discomfort, downplay warning signs, and … Continue reading
The Overlap Between Narcissists and Predators
There is significant overlap between human predators and narcissistic behaviors, but they aren’t identical. Narcissistic behaviors often arise from deep relational injury and an underdeveloped sense of self that was shaped in environments where worth had to be earned through … Continue reading
What Shapes a Human Predator?
The development of a human predator often begins in early relationships and environments that fail to meet fundamental needs for safety, attunement, empathy, and mutual respect. When a child is repeatedly treated as an object, used to meet another person’s … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, aggression, connection, development, fear, harm, pain, predators, safety, systems, unsafety
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Understanding the Predator-Prey Dynamic Through IPNB
The dynamic between the predator and the victim involves complex layers of relational manipulation, nervous system responses, and emotional regulation (or dysregulation), which deeply affect both the predator’s and the victim’s neurobiological processes. Through the lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), … Continue reading
The Most Dangerous Doctors Are the Safest
A system reveals its values by how it responds to vulnerability versus harm. In healthcare, when a doctor admits to struggling with substance use or emotional distress, the response is often punitive or shaming. Instead of being met with support … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, accountability, brand, cover-up, hospitals, image, justice, Mental Health, physician health, power, predators, substance abuse, systems
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Predator in Plain Sight: The USCG Photo That Speaks Volumes
This is the moment a Coast Guardsman sexually assaulted me. You won’t see it if you’re not looking. Most people wouldn’t. That’s the nature of this kind of violation. It’s subtle enough to be dismissed by outsiders, but unmistakable to … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, BM2, Coast Guard, Coastguardsman, Coasties, cover-up, Hampton Roads Sector, power structure, protection, safety, sailing, sexual Assault, US Coast Guard, USCG, Virginia, voyage
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