Could the Pittsburgh Massacre Have Been Predicted?

Aug. 6, 2009 - PRLog -- Every abusive relationship follows a pattern of escalation, explosion and release. This pattern can play out in a day, a week, a month or longer. The explosive phase can be spontaneous combustion or it can be a slow burn. George Sodini’s last explosive phase ended in a hail of bullets Tuesday evening in a darkened gym class.

George Sodini was an attractive, educated, employed man whose attempts to relate to people in general and women in particular were so deficient that he was finally driven to murder and suicide after posting his pathology on the internet for more than a year. He succeeded because no one recognized the red flags.

“George Sodini seems to typify the middle-class abuser. He appears eager, presentable, articulate, even ’nice’. This is one of the masks that abusers wear.  What lurked under that mask was a deeply disturbed, disconnected man whose hatred of women, including his mother, should have been a big red flag. Abusers are made, not born. Abuse becomes preventable when you can predict it. You can predict it when you know the warning signs. I can teach women how to avoid and survive abuse.” says Wyoming author Anna Moss.

Another pattern of abusive relationships is the acting out that occurs when an abuser loses control of his target. He may wreck his car, he may make a scene in public, he may get arrested, he may blog, he may post videos and then he may hunt down his prey. Seventy five percent of women who escape abusive relationships are attacked by their former partners within six months of their exit.

The warning signs of abusive people and relationship have been decoded. People can learn how to spot abuse at a distance. The behaviors, techniques, personas, mind games and habits that abusers exhibit show up to varying degrees in every part of their life. It is specialized knowledge; it cannot be discerned by logic or intuition alone.

Moss’ new mind map, RELATIONSHIP RED FLAGS cuts through misinformation and stereotypes to make a teachable moment out of a personal tragedy. The 197-page book is written clearly with hundreds of detailed examples that only a survivor could provide as well as the encouragement that the afflicted need. www.relationshipredflags.com

Self-employed since 1991, Anna Moss was a Certified Vendor for Microsoft for 13 years where she contributed to content read by millions. RELATIONSHIP RED FLAGS is her first book. Anna is a superb interview who will inform your audience with insights that will benefit them today and for the rest of their lives. To schedule an interview contact the author at anna@relationshipredflags.com Bio and Q&A are available.

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