The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: bullies

  • Zero Tolerance for Antagonists

    The better angels of our nature need all the help that they can get.

  • The Un-Bullies of Social Media

    Words of encouragement can make all the difference in the world.

  • Little Punks All Grown Up

    You can never be completely sure of the content of someone else’s character.

  • Coping Mechanisms

    We are all a product of our past. The way we cope with things in the present is greatly influenced by what we’ve experienced in our lives. Our psyches do not always know best. All they know is that it’s important to survive, and if something has worked, however twisted it may be, then, hey,…

  • Age Hath Its Privileges

    Many years ago, I was standing with my niece and nephew in their Missouri kitchen. As we talked, I got the orange juice out of the refrigerator to pour myself a glass. Just then my brother-in-law walked in and snapped, “Who left the refrigerator door open???” The tension level in that room was palpable. My…

  • Bullies

    There’s nothing I hate more on this earth than a bully. And I happen to interact with one regularly. Her aggression really intimidated me at first. But over time when she realized I wasn’t going to budge about certain things, she then had to get increasingly nit-picky until now the things that she blows up…

  • Adult Bullies

    The psychiatric community does not like to place the label of psychopath on children. I suppose that is understandable, because there’s no known cure for psychopathy, and if you get that diagnosis wrong, you could drastically damage that child’s life. No one wants to give up on a child. But the theory is that one…

  • Mental Illness and the Internet

    Sometimes I really think that cyberspace is not the healthiest place to be. Every once in a while I encounter someone who is clearly in need of help, and since I’m not a mental health professional I am definitely not the go-to girl in situations of this nature. Generally all I can do is the…

  • Don’t Hold on to Bitterness

    Don’t Hold on to Bitterness

    I got a friend request on Facebook from someone who made my life miserable in high school.

  • Why I Hate Alcohol

    I haven’t had a drink in 30 years. Not even a beer. Suddenly one day I realized that I had never left a bar feeling better about myself. And then there was the time when I was 17 and woke up in the trunk of my car. No idea how I got there. Fortunately the…