Ending Cycles of Blame | Creative Changemaker

Conversations about our global conflicts are not abstract. They’re deeply personal. In many situations, people have ancestral ties to the groups of people under attack, and its a form of collective trauma to see that take place.
In other scenarios, people are just grieved to see all the ongoing violence and devastation on a regular basis. We’re not meant to take that in so steadily.
Because these conflicts are felt so deeply, we also need to remember to make room for people’s pain.
When we don’t make room for the pain, that really feeds and furthers the cycle of blame. When people feel as though their experiences, anxieties, or traumas are being seen by the world around them, it creates a stronger need to assert that anger.
More often than not, it turns into two sides trying to justify, rationalize, or downplay the pain felt by each other, rather than simply recognizing hurt where it exists.