🧠 Psychology
This is the first step to breaking the cycle of hurting others.
What is learned behavior (or social learning)?
This type of past experience often leads people to react with anger or defensiveness.
What is past trauma (or adverse experiences)?
People who feel powerless may do this to others to feel in control.
What is control (or power-seeking behavior)?
Lack of this makes it harder for people to understand others’ feelings.
What is empathy?
This is the first step to breaking the cycle of hurting others.
What is self-awareness?
This term describes when someone pushes their own pain onto others.
What is repetition compulsion (or repeating patterns)?
This response happens when someone feels threatened and lashes out instead of communicating.
What is the fight response (fight-or-flight)?
This cycle describes repeated harm passed from one person to another.
What is the cycle of abuse?
This type of attachment style can lead to pushing people away or acting cold.
What is avoidant attachment?
Talking to this type of professional can help process emotional pain.
What is therapy (or counseling)?
This psychological idea says people repeat familiar emotional patterns, even unhealthy ones.
What is repetition compulsion (or repeating patterns)?
This occurs when someone hasn’t processed emotional pain and it shows up in harmful ways.
What is unresolved trauma?
This behavior involves hurting others before they can hurt you first.
What is self-sabotage (or defensive aggression)?
This happens when someone confuses love with pain because of past experiences.
What is trauma bonding (or confusing love with pain)?
This skill helps people respond instead of react emotionally.
What is emotional regulation?