Disrupting one traumatic moment at a time.

In Chapter 12 of "There Was Violence", I explain a self-made process in which I addressed individual moments of trauma, which I would later call the "R.E.A.D. Method".   

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Example

In Chapter 6, Vaughn has a confrontation on a public bus with a high school student. 

1. Reflect

After innocently bumping into the H.S. kid on a crowded bus, Vaughn is told by a friend that the older boy wanted to shoot him.

3. Accept

Accept that it probably wouldn't have mattered who bumped into the guy and that the young man is probably not loved at home, which has nothing to do with Vaughn was a convenient target.

2. Engage

Analyzing the "why", it seems the older kid was petty, relying on silly street norms of "respect" and expected Vaughn to back down.

4. Disrupt

Understand this was simply an unfortunate circumstance where people with lack of happiness, tools and familial love cross our paths.