In an episode of Grey’s Anatomy called “Sanctuary” (Rhimes, 20 May. 2010) the Seattle Grace Hospital is seen going through a lock down due to a shooter scheming revenge for his wife’s death. At the beginning of the episode a character from a previous episode, Mr. Clark is coursing through the hospital asking where he could locate the hospital’s chief doctor Derek Shepherd to make him pay for his wife’s death. Mr. Clark was seeking revenge because he felt that his wife’s passing away while being a patient at the Seattle Grace Hospital was not due to her illness but misjudgment of the chief who decided to withdraw medical attention after evaluating her as brain dead. As Mr. Clark courses his way around the hospital he began to shoot surgeons,
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4) were observed. Eleven acts of violence portrayed by Mr. Clark where counted individually including forceful grasping, dragging across the floor, and pulling the trigger to his handgun. Mr. Clark forcefully grasped a surgeon by the elbow to keep her from walking away as he asked for directions, dragged a surgeon by her feet across the floor from under a bed she was hiding from, and shot his gun nine times total, three shots being fatal and six shots causing injuries.
It can be predicted that life changing circumstances can cause individuals stress and frustration leading to violence and aggression. Having an emotional breakdown can affect ones coping skills and process to emotionally self – regulate as stress is a reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our physical or mental equilibrium.
. According to an article written by Adelson (2004) called “Hormones, Stress, and Aggression – A Vicious Cycle” while under stress individuals are briskly inclined to lash out and have a prolonged period to constrain themselves. Physical and emotional damage caused by another individual’s actions that are seemingly intentional and unsympathetic can make a “victim” see the event as unjustified, immoral, and cruel and therefore lash out as a sensible reaction to the event (Frieze, 2005, p.
4) were observed. Eleven acts of violence portrayed by Mr. Clark where counted individually including forceful grasping, dragging across the floor, and pulling the trigger to his handgun. Mr. Clark forcefully grasped a surgeon by the elbow to keep her from walking away as he asked for directions, dragged a surgeon by her feet across the floor from under a bed she was hiding from, and shot his gun nine times total, three shots being fatal and six shots causing injuries.
It can be predicted that life changing circumstances can cause individuals stress and frustration leading to violence and aggression. Having an emotional breakdown can affect ones coping skills and process to emotionally self – regulate as stress is a reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our physical or mental equilibrium.
. According to an article written by Adelson (2004) called “Hormones, Stress, and Aggression – A Vicious Cycle” while under stress individuals are briskly inclined to lash out and have a prolonged period to constrain themselves. Physical and emotional damage caused by another individual’s actions that are seemingly intentional and unsympathetic can make a “victim” see the event as unjustified, immoral, and cruel and therefore lash out as a sensible reaction to the event (Frieze, 2005, p.