Cognitive therapy tends not to work, especially in the long-term for impulse disorders, not because all therapy is bogus but because it is treating the wrong area of the brain. The failing, by most standards of cognitive therapy and especially, cognitive behavioral therapy is that it tends to assume that actions are driven by thought, even when such thoughts are not really there, or at the very least are to fleeting to actually be considered cognitions but are more akin to fleeting words, rather than core beliefs. (Neenan & Dryden, 2004, p. 77)
The biology that is outlined by Karr-Morse and Wiley and the many experts they cite to demonstrate the necessity for feeding the infant brain certain things at certain times is foundational to a better understanding of why the brain and the body tend to disconnect with, out of context response in so many people. A greater social understanding of the latent effects of deprivation and/or extreme harm to a very young child is crucial, and it gives light to the common latent expression of rage in situations where individuals might not even remember the circumstances that occurred during this time. One case in point is the common occurrence of rage expression, associated with sexual abuse of very young children. As these children grow into adults, some tend to react impulsively to their environment, often in a destructive manner and with no logical thought explanation for it. (Painter & Howell, 1999, p. 5) This disconnect between cognition and limbic function could also explain the tendency of some impulsive individuals to blackout, or fail to remember of conceive the reasons for their actions. It can take some people days or even weeks to put back together the events of an outburst, as in general they are feeling victimized during the event, where in reality they may be the aggressor or the victimizer, responding to the situation in a manner that is outside the context or understanding of the person or situation they are actually in.
Some survivors of childhood sexual abuse are unable to recognize and accept their anger. Others act out...
Violence in Hockey Today There is no shortage of opinions regarding whether or not violence in hockey should be curbed. Certainly the NHL, the fans and the players would all like to see incidents such as the Bertuzzi-Moore fiasco eliminated from the game. Some fans would go further, but that approach may not be realistic. All physical, contact sports will be inherently aggressive. That aggression will naturally boil over from time
Violence in Popular Culture The revenge motivation for violence can be seen in many films and novels, but one of the most clear-cut examples of this motivation -- as well as one of the most violent -- are Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films. In this two-part movie, a former assassin (Uma Thurman) tracks down her former boss and her remaining colleagues, killing each of them one by one because they had
Terrorism In the book Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, Robert Pape argues that that the main motivator for suicide terrorism in particular is nationalism. Politically disenfranchised groups use suicide terrorism to target large democratic state entities in order to secure territory and gain international recognition. However, to boil down terrorism to a singular cause like nationalism would be grossly and dangerously oversimplifying the phenomenon. After all, eco-terrorism
Anarchy in the 19th Century An Analysis of Merriman's Dynamite Club and Anarchy in the 19th Century John Merriman makes the point early in the Dynamite Club that there exists "a gossamer thread connecting…Islamist fundamentalists and Emile Henry's circle." Merriman goes on to define that connection as being one of "social inequalities." But more to the heart of the matter, however, is the difference in ideologies -- ideologies that transcended the economic, political,
By examining violence and women in both Sin City and the Tekken series, one is able to see how seemingly similar representations of gender and violence actually create wildly different meanings depending on the particular medium. While Sin City and Tekken participate in the visual language of gender, when it comes to the relationship between gender and violence, Sin City focuses on the victimization of women's bodies at the hands
Advocacy Strategy: Anti-Violence Work Anti-violence work is really about helping a lot of women discover their strong areas and their they consider the truth for their lives. Most women contemplate should they stay, should they go or even if they need to go, whatever it maybe the movement is to make sure that women are safe. The author makes the point that it is so much easier doing the work
Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.
Get Started Now