<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Insults invite the animal mind into a status... > Insults invite the animal mind into a status contest. The first discipline is to protect the room without allowing the aggressor to dictate the emotional species everyone else must become. **Source:** [[livestreams/Take Off the Costume — Authenticity, Dignity, and the Freedom to Be Yourself - Workbook|Take Off the Costume — Authenticity, Dignity, and the Freedom to Be Yourself]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Insults invite the animal mind into a status contest. The first discipline is to protect the room without allowing the aggressor to dictate the emotional species everyone else must become.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-insults-invite-animal-else-must-become ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->