MURENONI KANGOGO

You might have encountered a man walking down the street with red, hollow eyes and a long face; or you once met a woman who had suddenly lost her sense of humour and was evidently battling with some invisible figures. These characters frequently disappear and isolate themselves from people’s company, choosing solitude instead and leave colleagues puzzled, wondering and guessing. Blame them not. Psychologists have it that particular behaviours result from a human’s past experiences. These may include such sad and wildly events as rape, violence in the family, bullying and other horrifying occurrences that a victim might have experienced or witnessed. Unfortunately, such experiences remain plastered at the back of the victim’s subconscious mind and are frequently ignited by some certain arbitrary actions or even the minutest slips-of-the-tongue. Blame them not. This explains why, upon witnessing some present actions or hearing/reading some certain phrases, victims suddenly shift their mo...