Elayne Savage, PhD – Page 6 – Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

Air Rage – Who Gave Permission for Such Bad Behavior?

May 31, 2021

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Does Air Rage reflect these outrageous times? Along with road rage and sports rage and fast food rage and birthday party rage? Along with assaults and bloodshed? How did bad behavior become so accepted and commonplace? Scary times.

Predatory Behavior, Bullying, Screaming and Smashing – Oh My

Apr 30, 2021

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Accusations of imbalance and misuse of Power and Authority by producer Scott Rudin who bullied and berated staff by out-of-control acts and Phillip Roth’s biographer Blake Bailey whose ex-students are reporting sexually predatory behavior back in 8th grade.

My High School English Teacher and Me – Remembering Marcia Blacker

Mar 31, 2021

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Decades ago my Omaha Central High School English teacher, Marcia Blacker, pulled me aside and asked a question that made a huge difference the rest of my life. Somebody cared! Many years later I located her so I could thank her. Our friendship flourished for 25 years..This week I learned she had passed away.

Describing the Capitol Siege Like a Performance Piece

Feb 28, 2021

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Elayne Savage, PhD

What Sen. Ron Johnson described about the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol and what i saw on TV as it was happening were very different realities. I felt I was being gaslighted and it reminded me of all the times in my childhood I was told “you’re imagining it,”

Traumatizing Experiences Can Bring On PTSD

Jan 31, 2021

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Elayne Savage, PhD

When the Capitol was invaded on January 6, many members of Congress and staff were traumatized by needing to evacuate and hide for hours.They will likely experience PTSD — especially if they thought they were going to die.

And on to Another Year . . .

Jan 1, 2021

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Elayne Savage, PhD

A year ago who would have dreamed we’d be depending on Zoom to celebrate memorials, rites-of-passage and holidays. Or that family divisiveness, would increase multi-fold as the world becomes more polarized. Wishing you Light, Hope, and Peace . . .

#DiaperDon is Back…So Who Will Clean Up Trump’s Big Mess?

Nov 29, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

#DiaperDon says it all: Immature, Vindictive, Accusatory and Retaliatory behavior if disloyalty is suspected. And the mess our President is leaving for President-elect Biden grows bigger every day!

What Do I Need to Feel Safe and to Be Safe?

Oct 31, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

What does it take to feel safe and be safe when wildfires and high winds threaten. Reconsidering what safety actually means.

Needing Comfort and Reassurance – Getting Chaos and Fear Instead

Sep 30, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Watching the 1st presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump gave me a fearful visceral response arising from childhood experiences – the scariness of unpredictability and the overwhelming pain from bullying.

Gaslighting –– the Ultimate Alternate Reality

Aug 31, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Misrepresentations, untrue statements and flat out lies from both Conventions felt like gaslighting and manipulation. It was crazy-making because it reminded me of how my childhood perceptions were constantly discounted.

Author: Elayne Savage, PhD