Name-calling.


Name-calling is an attempt at controlling behavior and displaying dominance.

To be on the receiving end of name-calling feels like you are being poked in the space left behind from a hangnail. Vulnerable. Humiliated. Name-calling rejects and demeans the human in service of molding.


Journal Prompt: Name-calling has felt…

For the sake of this series, we will not talk about abuse that has escalated to physical and sexual violence, obvious offenses that need to be taken seriously, here is a resource for more help. In this series rather, we’ll process more subtle patterns that can as well be damaging to relationships.