MENTAL COMBAT: An Excuse for Conflict

An Excuse for Conflict

Unfortunately many potential ‘vics’ (victim) make the mistake of assuming that crime is
always about money.

Never forget that there is, always has been and always will be a sociopath element that
needs absolutely no material provocation to make you a target.

They are opportunistic thrill-seekers. If the opportunity should present itself and the
situation, timing, lighting and everything else is just "right", they then feel almost compelled
to exploit the situation. There may be no logic to it at all. They could never fully explain it to
you; they just had to jack you because the opportunity presented itself. It just seemed like
the thing to do.

Money is not always the objective and even when it is it may be less significant than the
basic thrill of the altercation.

Also there will always be those who crave and look for any excuse at all to engage in
conflict or violence. You want to avoid giving an excuse to anyone who appears to be
looking for it.

There are those who will respond to any and every single opportunity to commit some
criminal act. They are just wired that way. It may be the furthest thing from their mind
at the time, but if you provide an easy target they simply cannot resist the sudden urge to
take it.

Know also that many people that look for an excuse will just have great difficulty
proceeding with the conflict unless they can find an excuse for it. This is due to
some inner struggle within them.

They just have not yet digressed to the point that they can easily engage in conflict
while knowing within themselves that there was absolutely no reason for it whatsoever.

They need justification for their actions. It helps them to sleep at night. They NEED
a motive, a motivation; it allows them to believe that they are still on the right side
of sanity.

Those who appear to be trying to create a problem, provoke a reaction or find an excuse
can often be thwarted by just not giving them what they need in order to proceed (an excuse).
I’ve seen this work many, many times. Just don’t play into their little game. Don’t give them
the excuse that they’re clearly looking for.

Don’t give them the excuse that they may need. Why make it any easier for them? Have such
control over your own emotions and ego that you simply cannot be manipulated to make it
easier for them to escalate the conflict.