How to Deal With Evil People

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Reka Morvay and I'm a psychologist. I am going to talk to you today about how to deal with evil people. Let's define evil as somebody who is intentionally causing you harm. If you take this meaning then I think the best way to deal with evil people is to try to avoid them. Now obviously you will often find yourself in a situation where you have to deal with evil people because you are stuck perhaps in a family relationship or you are stuck in a work relationship where you have to continue dealing with people who will try to continually harm you. In this situation your best protection is to try to draw very clear boundaries and to enforce your boundaries to make sure that this person cannot cause you any more harm and then try to get out of the situation as fast as possible. It is usually not very productive to try to engage these people in a fight because it is very time and energy consuming and you have to ask yourself whether it is worth it in the end. Somebody who is intentionally out to do you harm and somebody that you would therefore label as evil, it is not worth getting embroiled in trying to stay either to make them change or to show them that you are better or that you can reek revenge on them. It is usually best to just try to move on, forget this person, and to ensure that they absolutely cannot do any more harm to you in your life or anybody that you love."