Bill Eddy
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What we're seeing today is bullies are finding each other. And this is one of the negatives of social media, I think. And I agree, there's a lot of good things. But this is one of the surprising things when I researched my book. Bullies are finding a group for themselves. And instead of the group teaching them not to be a bully,
The group reinforces being a bully, says you were justified in doing that. And one of the shocking things is to find that school shooters have a support system online.
The group reinforces being a bully, says you were justified in doing that. And one of the shocking things is to find that school shooters have a support system online.
The group reinforces being a bully, says you were justified in doing that. And one of the shocking things is to find that school shooters have a support system online.
That they seem to, some of the research says they always have a social media group. They have peers that they're trying to somewhat impress and that may actually egg them on. And that if they track down, they find these folks have, and I think they should look for that, find out who they've been talking to, who they communicate with.
That they seem to, some of the research says they always have a social media group. They have peers that they're trying to somewhat impress and that may actually egg them on. And that if they track down, they find these folks have, and I think they should look for that, find out who they've been talking to, who they communicate with.
That they seem to, some of the research says they always have a social media group. They have peers that they're trying to somewhat impress and that may actually egg them on. And that if they track down, they find these folks have, and I think they should look for that, find out who they've been talking to, who they communicate with.
And so what I think we're seeing is bullies are reinforcing their bad behavior rather than social pressure for them to learn good behavior, which is, for me, I've done a lot of group therapy. I've treated people that go to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and the group reinforces and teaches them good behavior. But bullies are finding other bullies and reinforcing their bad behavior.
And so what I think we're seeing is bullies are reinforcing their bad behavior rather than social pressure for them to learn good behavior, which is, for me, I've done a lot of group therapy. I've treated people that go to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and the group reinforces and teaches them good behavior. But bullies are finding other bullies and reinforcing their bad behavior.
And so what I think we're seeing is bullies are reinforcing their bad behavior rather than social pressure for them to learn good behavior, which is, for me, I've done a lot of group therapy. I've treated people that go to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and the group reinforces and teaches them good behavior. But bullies are finding other bullies and reinforcing their bad behavior.
And that's an issue we have to address, especially with young men, is we have to get on top of that and redirect them into socially pro-social activities. And most people don't realize that. I didn't realize that.
And that's an issue we have to address, especially with young men, is we have to get on top of that and redirect them into socially pro-social activities. And most people don't realize that. I didn't realize that.
And that's an issue we have to address, especially with young men, is we have to get on top of that and redirect them into socially pro-social activities. And most people don't realize that. I didn't realize that.
I haven't heard about female bullies finding each other. Well, actually, I should take that back. And this gets into a sensitive area about personality disorders. But borderline personality disorder is one of the more treatable personality disorders. And people become aware that they have this disorder a lot from internet information. But what seems to happen, there's a couple stages for them.
I haven't heard about female bullies finding each other. Well, actually, I should take that back. And this gets into a sensitive area about personality disorders. But borderline personality disorder is one of the more treatable personality disorders. And people become aware that they have this disorder a lot from internet information. But what seems to happen, there's a couple stages for them.
I haven't heard about female bullies finding each other. Well, actually, I should take that back. And this gets into a sensitive area about personality disorders. But borderline personality disorder is one of the more treatable personality disorders. And people become aware that they have this disorder a lot from internet information. But what seems to happen, there's a couple stages for them.
They become aware before they change their behavior. And like DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, is a really good treatment for that. But therapists, and my wife was a DBT therapist, said that they become aware of it before they change their behavior. So they do self-sabotaging things even though they shouldn't.
They become aware before they change their behavior. And like DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, is a really good treatment for that. But therapists, and my wife was a DBT therapist, said that they become aware of it before they change their behavior. So they do self-sabotaging things even though they shouldn't.
They become aware before they change their behavior. And like DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, is a really good treatment for that. But therapists, and my wife was a DBT therapist, said that they become aware of it before they change their behavior. So they do self-sabotaging things even though they shouldn't.
I know I shouldn't do this, but... And then finally they learn to change their behavior. Well, some people are discovering their borderline and finding other people online and reinforcing their borderline view of the world. There's evil people and good people.