Dignity
The former head of the New York marathon cleared himself
He cleared himself in his sport. Now, he’s rebuilding. (I was quoted in this New York Times article.) ““It essentially implodes your entire world,” Marie said. “Something incredibly unfair happened to you, but everyone is afraid to stand up for you because they are afraid of it happening to themselves. It’s like being pushed off a ship, and instead of somebody trying to save you, they stand on the deck and clap like you deserved it.”
No ‘Morning After’ for Victims of Cancellation
I was quoted in this article in Reality’s Last Stand by George MJ Perry about the impact of cancel culture. It’s an incredible article.
The Pillory, the Stock, and Cancel Culture
Dr. Christine Marie is a media psychologist and consultant who is lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to recognize media humiliation as a potential precursor of post-traumatic stress disorder. “The mental health impact on a person who goes through a cancelation is beyond what I believe the people who are doing the canceling can even fathom,” she says.
The Trauma of Humiliation
Neuroscience shows that public humiliation is the most intense human emotion. It is a psychology trauma that can last a lifetime.
Humiliation Quotes
The more severe the humiliation and trauma, the more likely its victims are to become suspicious of and paranoid about the intentions of others towards them. Once humiliated, there is often a powerful feeling that \’the self\’ will never be repaired