What is the Animosity Cycle?
An Animosity Cycle is a reciprocating cycle of ill will and anti-social behaviour based on mutual and escalating aggression between two or more people.
An Animosity Cycle begins with a perceived wrong, either real or unreal, experienced by someone which results in anger and subsequent aggression being expressed towards someone else. This generates feelings of discontent or anger in the victim who reciprocates with a similar level of aggression. Continue reading »