WHY DO MALE STUDENTS KILL AND FEMALE STUDENTS CUT THEMSELVES? HOW CAN HYPNOTISM HELP?
The common thread found in situations when male students shoot teachers, other students and even themselves; in female students burn and cut themselves and carry out other self harm behaviors seems to be invalidation, anger, rage, powerlessness, and worthlessness. More often than not, these harmful thoughts and feelings are actually hardwired info the unconscious just waiting for a chance to explode or be healed through hypnotism. When emotions become so heightened and explosive, there must be an outlet. (Boys shoot, girls cut although there are exceptions to this idea.) When we are made to feel invisible and inconsequential, extreme behaviors such as shooting and cutting helps us to feel alive as well as powerful and significant. People affected by such invalidation often suffer quick, intense emotional spikes which send them reeling into emotional dysregulation. (Uncontrollable rage and fear.) It is during this period of dysregulation that the shootings and self harm behaviors manife