What if you are attacked? Anyone will answer: run or rush into a fight. But there is a type of violence from which pumped biceps or fighting techniques will not save. Almost every day, every person is subjected to psychological attacks and manipulations. How to learn to protect yourself?
Instruction manual
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Step away. If the conflict started indoors, then move away from the aggressor so that an obstacle forms between you in the form of a table, a curbstone, any piece of furniture or interior. Take a closed pose: cross your arms and legs, look from underneath, you can hold your hand near your face. Thus, you subconsciously protect the heart, throat from negative influences.
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Fence off. Use your imagination. Imagine that between you and the person who started the conflict, there is a glass wall. Trying not to pay attention to the negativity coming from the person on the other side, occupy your brain with the visualization of this barrier to complete reality. Anger and hatred remain behind the wall, unable to reach you. Very often, without receiving moral returns and retaliatory negativity, the aggressor calms down and becomes much more polite.
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Watch, not listen. Usually psychological abuse is directed towards auditory perception. Therefore, in difficult situations, try to focus on visual images. Look at the opponent’s face, trying to see it to the smallest detail. Pay attention to facial expressions, gestures. Watch silently, disconnected from the argument, but very thoughtfully. Then switch to the decor, looking at the interior. Seeing that you cannot be pissed off, your opponent will surely weaken the pressure. After that, it’s much easier to start controlling the conversation.
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Imagine. In a situation where you somehow have to listen to an unpleasant monologue, it will save you from an excess of negativity
laugh. In imagination, pour a bucket of water over the offender, put him in an absurd situation, imagine in underwear or in a ladies' dress. You can turn your opponent into a dwarf, a gnome or a bug that broadcasts menacingly, looking at you from the bottom up. This method helps to relieve tension and refers to a moral "flogging" with humor.