#WellnessWednesday - The Psychology of Mean Girls

Confessions Of An Actress

Meredith talks about mean girl behavior, known as relational aggression and how it's definitely not fetch to be a mean girl in this world.

Mean Girl behaivor is a survival tactic for people who are insecure, immature, jealous, egotistical, and yes, narcissistic. It is a learned behavior and an insidious type of bullying used that often goes unnoticed by parents, educators and even society in general. One of the problems is, the people you least expect it from, fall into this category.

Tweens, teens and young adults that participate in relational aggression are often able to manipulate others and it go undetected by society. In fact, some are so cunning, that no one would ever suspect them of hurting others and sometimes very shocked by it. You know that person, the one that smiles, is overly nice to you, listens to all your problems and then stabs you in the back by using it against you. Meredith has had this happen to her as a child and even into her adult life.

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