Once in a California zoo, visitors were shown two animals capable, according to a plate on the cage, to destroy all mankind and the planet Earth … Two students sat in the cage and represented a species of homo sapiens. Without exaggeration, the power of human aggression can be incredible. How can you protect yourself from threats of your own kind?
Instructions
Step 1
Alcohol and drugs loosen the restrictions that deter aggressive action. Therefore, most of the crimes are committed under the influence of alcoholic and narcotic drugs. In order not to endanger your life, it is important to avoid "drunken" places, and also not to drink with unfamiliar people.
Step 2
Just like a dog will bite if you step on its tail, and a person is capable of aggression if offended. Therefore, in order to protect yourself from threats, it is important to try to behave respectfully even in difficult situations. This is not about servility. You need to behave with dignity, but show respect for the people around you.
Step 3
There are incentives that fuel aggression by causing pain, discomfort, or displeasure. For example, such stimuli can be high air temperature, unpleasant views, bad smell, and the like. Therefore, in order to protect yourself from threats, you need to try to avoid those places and conditions that entail massive aggression. For example, on a hot day, if possible, you should refuse to travel by public transport during rush hour. Likewise, it is better not to drive your car through traffic jams if you can choose a different mode of transport. Long "pushing" in traffic jams is often the reason that tired aggressive drivers throw themselves at each other with knives, sticks, tools, beat each other and the cars of offenders.
Step 4
You should not linger and conduct difficult negotiations, sort out conflict situations where there are attributes of aggression - knives, weapons, heavy objects. The presence of these items nearby can increase aggressive behavior. For example, in states where weapons are permitted, murders are three times more likely to occur in the homes where weapons are kept. Moreover, in 80% of cases, these weapons are used by the household themselves against their relatives or friends.
Step 5
Aggression is very easy to learn. In this regard, television violence is extremely dangerous. Broadcast violent films, sports fights, etc. provokes the development of violence and aggression. To prevent aggression from being directed at you, you do not need to start solving difficult problems while watching or immediately after watching TV with aggression. And the best thing is to try to put a "ban" on such views at home.
