One Common, Yet Largely Overlooked Way That The Cycle of Abuse Continues

Oftentimes, we are told that “hurt people hurt other people”. That may be true to an extent, but then again, there are people who are in pain, who have been abused, yet do not become abusers themselves. A few months ago, I reluctantly watched this one YouTube video titled “Why Are People So Nasty”, created by “The School of Life” (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qjy-ydl9QE ). I said “reluctantly watched” because when I saw the title, I thought “Oh great, let me guess: they’re going to say that ‘people are mean because they are…