The abused abuses: the hidden chain of corruption
“Is corruption cultural or where is it born?”
—The most corrupt behaviors are born from damaged, abused or humiliated brains at some point. “Viveza” is just a mask that hides pain.
“Then there is no cunning?”
-No. What seems cunning is an echo of the abuse suffered.
Clear examples:
• Who was abused, abuses.
• Who was deceived, cheats.
• Who did not respect him, does not respect.
• Who lied, lies.
“Why does this happen?”
—When the trauma remains invisible or denied, it integrates silently into the identity of the person. Everything that is trapped inside seeks to leave. If it does not transform with love and consciousness, it is transferred to others. It is not evil: it is blindness, it is pain looking for an exit, even if it is destructive.
It happens as a mechanism in families and, at major scales, also with leaders of our society. Even if you try to ignore or reject it, it will manifest unconsciously in how the person relates to herself and others. It is like an invisible script that ends up directing their lives without the person even noticing.
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The mirage of relief: “take out the sack” from the trauma
“How does this mechanism work?”
“The process is like a psychological mirage.” The person feels that, if he makes another the same thing he once did – elevate, steal, run over -, he “gets off” the weight of the pain. He believes that when he repeat the wound it is transferred: “I don’t charge it anymore, now another load it.”
“And do you really do it?”
-No. That apparent relief is just an illusion. Last seconds, because the brain momentarily interprets that “the load changed the owner.” But then, far from releasing, the opposite occurs: pain is reinforced. Each abuse, each lie, reactive the brain areas of the original wound, strengthening the traumatic memory. The ego believes he won, but in reality the trauma multiplies.
“What nobody says
This cycle generates a psychological addiction: brief relief followed by the reinforcement of suffering. The person believes that he found an exit, but is trapped in the same mechanism that damages it.
Freedom never comes damaging, but looking in, taking courage and reediting that memory. The effect: feel in a way that you had never managed to feel before; It is the famous Phoenix Ave resurfaceing from the ashes. Only then do you realize that your past no longer dominates your present.
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Victimizer’s neuroscience
—What differences does the brain of a corrupt person have?
Neuroimaging shows that unpaid trauma leaves marks in three key areas:
• Hyperactive tonsil: constant alert, fear that does not go out.
• Distorted hippocampus: danger memories that confuse reality.
• Weakened prefrontal cortex: less empathy, less guilt regulation.
“How does this translate into corruption?”
“The other ceases to be a similar: it becomes an object on which to download tension.” The person uses it to repeat what he could not process and, in some way, recreate his trauma.
“What’s behind that need to damage?”
“Many grew without being seen, recognized or loved.” Today he despises himself and projects that void. We can only give what we have. That is why he manipulates, cheats or humiliates: he is showing the pain he once received.
Daily examples:
• Chief who interrupts and silence their employees, imposing or subjecting them.
• Politician disinterested by the needs of citizens.
• Person who humiliates others to feel strong.
Not being able to recognize your own value, it does not recognize the value of others. In that inability to see and see, corruption is installed.
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Pleasure when damage: the dark side of narcissism
“Why do some feel pleasure in damaging?”
—In narcissists and antisocial people, the accumbens nucleus releases dopamine when manipulating or dominating the other. The brain learns to associate damage with chemical reward. Where there are struggles for power, there is no love. That is why one of our problems as a society is to have had selfless leaders in the service for so long, who do not want their people.
“Do not feel guilt or empathy?”
—The amygdala and the insula, which allow us to resonate with the suffering of others, work weakly. The prefrontal cortex barely regulates guilt. Result: minimal discomfort against damage and zero remorse.
“What’s behind that form of pleasure?”
—What seems to be a deep lack of dignity and self -esteem. These people do not have access to the true inner power – that it is born from self -esteem, coherence and our heart center – and that is why their only possible power is the “ego substitutes”, built from masks, appearances, manipulation and submission of others.
It is not real power: it is empty disguised. Unable to love or recognize each other, they seek to control others and treat them as puppets. They believe they are bold, but they are lost in their own shadow.
And that is the worst of tragedies: dying without having built genuine relationships with anyone. They are victims, but they also carry a huge karma for the collective damage they generate. Thus fulfilling the “you will reap what you sow”, the most basic law of cause and effect that governs our planet, and that we should teach in schools.
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Corruption as contempt for the mother and the earth
“Does the country tell our personal history?”
-Yeah. According to systemic psychology, homeland and earth are extensions of the mother. Who does not honor or thank the mother, unconsciously despises her life, her environment and her homeland.
“What would help?”
– Recognize that life is a gift and that taking care of the land and the country is also taking care of oneself.
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From culture to repair
“How is corruption fights?”
—The corruption as a product of trauma does not mean justifying it, but understanding that behind the great abusive systems there are stories marked by pain and disconnection.
A society that naturalizes abuse, inequality and silence in the face of everyday abuses continues to manufacture traumatized brains and, therefore, corrupt behaviors.
The exit is not in mockery or moralistic conviction, but to open repair spaces:
• Emotional education from childhood.
• Accessible psychological accompaniment.
• Fundamental conversations in educational centers.
• Public policies and programs that work the memory of trauma.
The big problem of a society – also as a family – is when people are so overdate to abuse that they don’t even recognize it. And if they don’t recognize it, how could they design plans to change it?
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A final reflection
Corruption is not cunning or “liveliness”: it is the symptom of deep wounds that cross individuals and societies. While lies, deception, abuse, manipulation and lack of empathy continue even within our families, we will never see a real change in the hundreds of thousands of people who conduct a country. In short, they are the reflection of what happens below, in our society and in our families. We will continue trapped in crisis in crisis, repeating the same patterns as in an endless loop.
The first step is to deal with our own “square meter”: assume individual awareness, repair what is inside and cultivate compassion, honesty and responsibility. From there, as a domino effect, our change can radiate towards the collective, transforming communities, institutions and, finally, the reality of an entire country. Only in this way corruption will lose strength.
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