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Victim Selection and the Structural Mechanics of Harm: Why Vulnerable People Are Chosen and Left Unprotected
Victimology examines patterns of harm and how systems respond to them. It shows that perpetrators rarely act randomly. They select targets who are vulnerable in ways that reduce risk to themselves and maximize the impact of the harm. Factors such … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Complaints, courts, harm, hospitals, justice, law, legal, Medicine, power dynamics, standard treatment, support, victim services, victimology
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Accumulated Harm: The Hidden Toll of Healthcare Encounters
Every time we turn to a practitioner for help, we engage in a deeply vulnerable act. We reach out not just for solutions, but for connection, support, and some kind of shared human understanding. From a Relational Neuroscience perspective, the … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare
Tagged allostatic load, attunement, betrayal, doctors, harm, health, healthcare, medical stress, Stress
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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
Posted in Predators
Tagged abuse, abusers, harm, institutional betrayal, IPNB, Medicine, predators, victim
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Why Hierarchy Is the Problem
Hierarchy creates the separation that promotes contempt, which is the breeding ground of cruelty. From an Interpersonal Neurobiology perspective, hierarchy disrupts the natural processes of connection, safety, and co-regulation that support human well-being. In relationships or systems where hierarchy dominates, … Continue reading
Posted in IPNB of Hierarchy
Tagged Domination, harm, hierarchy, power, reciprocity, separation
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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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HR 1: “The Chronic Stress Amplification Act”
The bill known as H.R. 1 has been called the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” but the reality is far from beautiful for many people. If passed, it would cut billions from Medicaid and other essential programs that millions of vulnerable … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Beautiful Bill, billionaires, CEOs, Donald Trump, dysregulation, harm, HR 1, legislation, oppression, President, tax breaks for billionaires, taxes, Trump
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The Measure of Harm
The magnitude of an act’s heinousness is measured not by how it appears on paper, but by the width, breadth, and depth of the harm it causes, especially when intentional. Trauma is far more than “something bad happened.” It deeply … Continue reading
When Your Therapist Janks You Up Worse
An experience I had with a therapist years ago continues to haunt me. It serves as a reminder of how devastating it can be when a therapist not only misses the mark but adds to the trauma they’re supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged attunement, connection, harm, Interpesonal Neurobiology, IPNB, mental illness industry, misattunement, Psychology, safety, therapist, therapy
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From the Family to Empires: How Hierarchies Harm Us All
From an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) perspective, all hierarchies that operate through domination dynamics are fundamentally the same. They impose the same relational structure: an imbalance of power where one party exerts control over others, often at the expense of connection, … Continue reading
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Tagged agency, Empathy, harm, interpersonal neurobiology, IPNB, Mental Health, Psychology, survival, well-being
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