So, it is what I was saying ... containment was done, (other not working) means made available to the bully persona and in critism self critisism he realising what was not working throwing it out enabled him freedom to find what might work elsewise. ... ty, kind regards SageHi Graham....you asked how do you relate to the Bully? Well I studied energy and survival to understand the mentality of the Bully. We have stimulus reaction which is when we are comfortable, feel no unease and are free of internal stress. We have a stress reaction which is internal uncomfort and is about our vulnurability to stress. This is all because we have functional needs which if not met take us to inner tenseness and strain.
Bullys have a high stress reaction because they have like hypervulnurability to internal stress. Their energy rather than being released gets internalized because they usually are formed and shaped by outside confliction which becomes their confliction. They are usually "put-down" so rather than become other-centered they become self-centered and self-absorbed. They usually need to be competitive but cannot so become aggressive, they usually need to be somewhat independent but too much outer authority while young makes them authoritative with others. They do not understand power asymetry so become power seeking.
I worked with a young (Bully) grade niner. Because he had a high need to physically work his own energy he had bad classroom performance, inability to sit for long periods, he had excessive immature impulse control and knew nothing about the cues to understand anger rising. He was a challenge but I used to pull him from the class and work him out in the gym; thirty laps, weight lifting, the punching bag, shooting an hour of hoops and I also taught him all about anger which was news to him. I taught him his "cues" so he could recognize when he was going to bully. Bullys reveal in therapy that they have high needs to be ambitious so when that is not fulfilled they become Bullys.
The only way to help them is to understand what they need to do with their energy and their particular need or way that they need to mobilize their energy.
Bullys are full of frustrated and angry energy....
Mikal


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