Travis Bridges

Do men think…
NO WE DONT!-
-Especially if we are also hurting. However, when we are clear or free of enablers, we have the opportunity to reflect and discover that in our own hurt, we indeed affect others. Hurting people only have others to blame when that hurt intensifies. Whole, well, healed and or healthy people are 99.9% immune from “hurt.”
We manufacture our own inner pain, others simply expose it.
Who we are produces far less pain than what we do.
*Not understanding emotions is the beginning of self torture. Others simply participate in assisting us, and become only the face of our pain but not the source.
*The ultimate discovery of who we are is the beginning of a pain free existence as nothing or no one controls the controller.
Unless it’s physical or a form of premeditated betrail, when someone feels that they are being hurt by another person, a close examination will prove that “hurt” is more often self inflicted.
To expect a hurt person to realize they are “hurting” another is equivalent to expecting a fire go out by throwing gas on it.
And yes, liquids do extinguish most fires. -And yes, gas is a liquid.

-WHO HURT YOU?

-my own lack of knowledge and understanding of self as well as not realizing others also have hidden traumas that trigger emotions.
Being hurt can be a sarcastic and or ignorant way of addressing someone’s behavior, and it’s a common response for those who only observe symptoms and not causes.
If by chance you’re referring to my views based on self observation, self improvement and taking responsibility for my own emotional state, the answer is;
No one.
However, a few realistic experiences have indeed resulted in a firm stance in how I view every encounter within my scope of management.
~T. Bridges, 2020