The Psychology of...

Can you recall a time when you felt attacked? Maybe it was a physical attack if you were so unfortunate but I'm primarily thinking of an attack of a more emotional variety. Recall the visceral response of defense that was triggered in your body. Your desire to find safety through either running away and hiding or striking back with equal or greater force than what was originally thrust upon you. Were you able then to identify the limits of your humanity as you sought or at least fantasized about retribution? Are you able to recall those extremes today? When we are hurt, backed up against a wall, scared; we have a defense strategy that typically lies dormant underneath layers of personality and humanity that, when surfaced, is capable of remarkably terrible behaviour. Our fear can incite and invoke our fiercest monsters. The monsters of some lie closer to the surface that those of others but rest assured we all have them and they when they arise they are looking for conflict becau...

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                                                                                                   ***********disclaimer********** I have never personally spent a nickel on multi level marketing products or businesses, I am just annoyed as you are at the vague sales pitches or when you get invited over for a social visit only to discover you're being sold a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to sell snake oil, and I ignore 99% of the Facebook posts. But my wife is involved with a direct sales company and is doing remarkably well and I can't help  but be very proud and supportive of her hard work, even if it's at the cost o...