As Scary As The Battlefield
Coming from a former Navy SEAL Commander, this says a lot…
I had woken up that morning under intense anxiety.
I knew if I didn't pull off something drastic to STOP THIS...
I might NEVER recover!
I had to confront this nightmare today.
So I ripped out a thick wire from the fence and wrapped it around my hand with about 1 inch sticking straight out.
It didn't take long, he found me where I was and tried to grab me...
Immediately— I turned around and I punched him HARD in the gut and sent him crashing to the ground.
Later on, this bully came skulking over to apologize.
Yep, it was a 7th grade school bully story, not a combat story.
But that bully had tormented me so much it felt like terrorism and to my 7th grade self, this felt like my battlefield.
Now, am I proud of standing up for myself - yes! Am I proud of how I did it? Absolutely not!
You wanna know the more shocking part?
I WAS a bully MYSELF - something I’m even more ashamed of!
You see, there are many angles to this crisis of bullying that we haven't discovered yet.
And getting picked on in the schoolyard is just 1% of it.
→ Do you know what bullying does to the human mind? To the body?
→ Do you know how to discuss bullying with your children and what to do about it if they’re being bullied?
→ Do you know how bullying works in the digital age?
→ Do you know who might be covertly bullying you RIGHT NOW?
→ Do you know how to stand up to bullies without punching them in the gut?
It might truly surprise you what side of this topic you land on.
Until next time, train hard, breathe easy!
Jon Macaskill
Navy SEAL Commander (Ret.)
Frogman Mindfulness and Men Talking Mindfulness
P.S:
If you want the backstory scoop on how I got bullied in school and at times, WAS the bully…
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