On Monday I had to attend a full day training course that dealt with aggression in the work place.
When I was first made aware of the training, I assumed the course dealt with handling co-workers who may be aggressive towards you. At the time I found this quite amusing because in my workplace everyone is lovely. It made me laugh thinking that I might need to karate chop a fellow colleague.

I have to admit that I really wasn’t looking forward to it at all and felt that it was probably a waste of my time. As it turned out, it’s one of the most interesting courses I’ve attended and I really did get a lot out of it.

The course was all about identifying aggressive behavior, assessing your risk, having a plan and what to do if things turn physical.

I think most women worry about the possibility of being attacked. I know that this has often crossed my mind. Yesterday I learnt some really basic moves that might just help me get out of a bad situation. I did say to the instructor that I wondered whether if put in the situation of where my personal safety is at risk whether I would have the presence of mind to act defensively.

I think this is probably something that most people can relate to. I often wonder how I would react in an emergency. I think I know myself pretty well and would like to live under the assumption that I’d not panic in an emergency situation but I really don’t know.

I guess you can’t really know how you are going to react in that moment but can only hope you are one of those people who remains calm and doesn’t completely lose their sense!

I really hope I never have to find out, what about you?


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