Rage, Riots and Responses to Stress

Rage is the extreme response to severe stress. How can it come to such a boiling point? Let’s take a look at the many factors which come into play.
 
Fight or flight is the strongest impulse in our brain. Without it we would not be alive today. The stress is the direct result when we fear a threat to our survival. It is not a conscious decision made with due consideration. It is an automatic powerful response deep in our archaic subconscious brain.
 
Police and law enforcement have traditionally been professions with a high level of stress. Many research studies have documented this fact. The complex requirements to act within the laws and regulations of the community and at the same time the ever-present potential for violence and danger make these jobs a high-risk challenge. In addition, under stress any person who behaves or looks different from us creates additional stress and fear.

That is one of the natural but very unfortunate side effects of the human survival mechanism. While police departments have thorough training to reduce this danger, there has been a history of a subset of officers acting in a racist manner. Under the additional stress of the coronavirus situation one white police officer in Minneapolis killed an African American citizen. The circumstances were such that the officer was arrested on charges of murder.
 
This was the spark which caused massive protests in many cities throughout the United States. No other industrialized country has such a history of citizens being shot by police or minorities being killed by white police officers. Therefore, already there exists a high level of fear and suspicion. Now minorities and other concerned citizens had their survival instincts activated for the massive protests around the country. And just as there are bad apples in the police force there were rotten apples and instigators amongst the protesters. They managed to turn many of the peaceful protests into apparent riots with arson and looting.
 
What if we could significantly reduce stress?
 
If law enforcement would have a simple powerful stress management technique, flexible enough to use on the job, even intense situations, could bad enforcement be reduced? Would officers be healthier and use better judgment?
 
If the minority communities had available a powerful tool to reduce their anxieties, improve their performance in school and at work, could they make a better life for themselves? Could they reduce the likelihood of discrimination?
 
The revolutionary StopStress and EFT rhythmic tapping techniques have been proven to reduce stress quickly and effectively. They can easily be taught to individuals, small and even large groups in person, with literature and on video. They are there for not just effective but very low cost to implement. Here is a promising opportunity to help a difficult profession, high-risk neighborhoods, and the community as a whole.
 
Call to action: if you see or know of opportunities to offer our StopStress techniques to organizations, please let us know!
 
Fair warning: it’s important to be informed as a citizen of what is going on. BUT limit your exposure to these difficult events. It is not unlike “secondhand smoke”. Too much of the images and rehashing the terrible events will pollute your subconscious memory and trigger additional stress we don’t need, especially not now.

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