Plot twist: the therapist was just trying to make the patient feel more empowered and seen by agreeing to confront her spouse
The issue presented is a complex one. For anyone else stumbling across this, I have an optimal solution after having lived through this: delete your Instagram account. This solution is a net positive for everyone.
First thing you learn in swimming rescue.
If you are trying to help a drowning victim and they grab on to you, push yourself deeper underwater. The victim will let go and keep trying to get to the air.
In lifeguard training I was unironically told I might have to punch someone in the face to snap them out of it and ensure we don’t both drown lol
Interesting, first thing we learned was to try to knee them in the groin to make them let go.
Lol, the first thing I was taught was to float over your floaty to distract them (if you have one) and approach them from behind, grabbing them over the shoulder and across their neck to their other arm pit
Then you pull them onto their back, so if they pull or cling to your arm no big deal, they have no leverage. And if they’re still flailing, you can pin their arms or even choke them out. You just have to be careful going in to avoid a head butt, but once you’ve subdued them you can focus on swimming them out, if they’ve calmed down they can even help by kicking
I’m really curious about the timeline of this progression, from “you might have to punch them” to “here’s an efficient way to fight them” to “let’s just take a few more seconds to subdue them gently every time”
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