Towards Understanding Aggression and Violence

Written by: By Kim Barthel and Bob Spensley

Excerpt

“When we hear the words “aggression” and “violence”, we can feel the negativity in our body. The words create images that elicit memories from experiences that directly relate to pain and suffering. This COVID era with its unrelenting stress, uncertainty, isolation and division seems to have unveiled this aspect of humanity in both expected and unexpected places and people. Given that we are all capable of aggression and violence, aiming to understand its dynamic might be helpful.”