Welcome to Access to Trader, the number one community for those who are committed to taking control of their trading in order to achieve success, profitability, and longevity. Thank you for joining us. Here's Dan Shapiro to help you find your edge, master your process, and own your future. Hey guys, good morning everybody. Welcome to another edition of the Access to Trader dot com weekend update show. Hope everybody is doing well. Hope everybody has a nice start to their weekend. Hopefully everybody's just enjoying life. And that's the number one thing and most important part for our day to day activities. If you are branding to the channel again, guys, thank you very much. We really do appreciate the viewerships. The only thing we like, the only thing we ask for is to like, like the video, share this video, subscribe to this channel, and we will continue to provide unbiased daily technical analysis. So let's talk about the tape. We start the last two weeks of 2023. The queues are up over 52%. That's a lot, right? That's absolutely a lot. It's a very, very impressive rally. What started out as a lot of people talking about, well, it's only three, four stocks taking out the market. Well, obviously it's not the case anymore. Everything is going pretty much crazy orbital. And like I've said all the time, you know, we don't know when this magic carpet ride is going to end eventually. Well, it's just, it's just obvious. Again, when I first started out, the big move was during the dot com era. And we thought it was never going to end, right? It was one of those things that we thought, hey, this is going to be the greatest thing in the world. This is the easiest thing in the world. Stocks just buy, go higher, right? Dips just get bought. And unfortunately one day, the buyers got tired. They just said, that's what happened. The buyers got tired and the bubble popped and yada, yada, yada. Everybody who started out in 98, 99 and 2000, they thought that we were untouchable. We thought that, you know, that we were doing something right. The reality is none of us knew what we were doing. It was just all momentum. You know, overnight traders and we got lucky. That's the bottom line. We got lucky. And a lot of traders who started out, especially in 2000 and 24, you know, congratulations, man. You started out in an incredible year. It's like the traders just started out in 2009, the generational lows and the traders just started out in 2020, the pandemic. You know, 2024 is a great year. And if you started this year and you're having some success, just take a step back, put that money away, set aside some taxes, because again, the market is never as good and never as bad. The one thing that unfortunately we did see a lot of traders and if you go on social media, there's so many just negative accounts.  The world's going to end. You know, some of these people just won't be happy until a meteor hits the earth and we all die. Right? That's just the reality. Again, I don't know how you can live your life that way, but I choose not to. And I'm certain to say a lot of you guys feel exactly the same way. But from that point of view is a lot of people were trying to find the top in this market for the last basically 11 and a half months. We only have two weeks left in the year and it's been again an incredible magic carpet ride. And the question is, well, where can this market actually rest? There's actually an answer to that, right? There actually really is an answer to that. Instead of shorting stocks based on what you feel this can't happen anymore, when you're shorting something or you're buying something, this is the whole point of technical analysis. You need a point of reference. Okay. If you're shorting the cues here and here and here and here, there's no point of reference. There's no point of reference. You know, the idea of it can't go higher. Oh yeah, it can. I remember, you know, I remember back in the dot com era when Amazon was trading, I think it was $150 a share and it had a PE of 3,000.  Right? So you need a point of reference. Okay. We're not that smart. Nobody could time the market. And anybody who's been shorting the market for the last, especially the last 11 and a half months, you kind of know where you didn't accomplish this year. And unfortunately, a lot of traders will lose their solvency status trying to pick a top. And there is an actual point of reference that we could look to in the next couple of weeks to see, hey, maybe the market pauses there and maybe there is a technical area. The market can eventually just pause and give us a tradeable move back to the downside. So let's look at the monthly chart. Okay. The monthly chart is going to show you the all-time highs on the QQQs. Okay. The all-time highs on the QQQs was the November 1, 2021 highs. Okay. That is 408.71. As you can tell here, we close in the 105s, 405s on the QQs. And the all-time high again is 408.71. If you're going to at least take a stab at the market and want to see if you can get a quote unquote generational double top, at least use 408.71 as your barometer. So in other words, if we start to speed up on Monday and Tuesday and we get up to this 408.71 level and you know 408.71 is the all-time highs and that is your reference point, if it stalls out there, right? If it stalls out there and starts going lower, then by all means, take a shot, take a short on the market and use the high of the candle for the day is your max pain. So a lot of times when you see these double top plays or potential, I don't use the double top, potential softening plays, potential blow off type of areas. You need a point of, hey, here's the high of the day. Here's my generational area of point of reference. I'm going to use that top. So you could realistically be risking 30, 40, 50 cents for a potential two, three week rollover, but at least give yourself an opportunity. Okay. Don't just start randomly shorting stocks because you know, you feel it in your gut because you woke up this morning feeling great and you knew where the stock is going to start stalling out. And nobody even saying that 408.71 is going to be the high. We could just go right through it and just continue, but at least if you are playing that game, give yourself a shot. Give yourself a technical shot off of a technical level. And if you know it doesn't hold that level, you can get out, get a paper cut in your knee and keep on moving forward. So that's it. So going into this week, again, what do we, you know, what have we been saying for the last to 68 videos? The market's strong, right? Market's strong. I didn't even record a video on Wednesday because it's the same thing. It's literally the same thing every single day. It's just a rotation of stocks and our job is to find the next rotation of stocks that are coming out of their channels. So again, the message continues to be watch the names that are coming out of their channels, buy strong stocks that broke out the previous day on dips. Okay. And rinse for Pete until we start losing the previous days long. That's it. That is the message. And somebody was joking around in the webinar on Friday and they said, Dan, on the weekend up there, you should just, you should just turn on the video, go bullish and end the video. I mean, that's what it is right now, right? That's what it is. Again, we're conscious. All jokes aside, we're conscious of any potential rock pull. I'm not naive. I'm doing this nearly a quarter of a century. I know this magic carpet ride is going to end. But the point is, I know the previous days lows, right? I know the previous day's channels. If it gets violated, then hell, of course it'll start shorting the market. But the point is, until that happens, you can see here, you can look, just look in the last, what, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. What is the last 10 days of the QQQs have in common, right? They're putting in higher highs and higher lows, right? That's the point. It's higher highs, higher lows until we break that chain of command that we break that cycle. The market's going to continue to do the same thing. As you can see here, the QQs are just hugging the five-day every single time it touches, it bounces along. So now our job is to find strong stocks coming out of a tight channel, right? We've highlighted several names just in the last couple of days that should resume, and they did, right? And they did. Let's start off in the video. The video had another big, big move on Friday. It took out the previous two channels. Traded up as high as $294. They're coming for this week, the $1222 expiration. They're coming for the $495s, the $500s, and we saw even the $505s being traded. Look at the all-time high here on the video, right? It's not that far off. It really is not that far off. It's only six, seven points away. I'm sorry, about 15 points away from the all-time high. So it's getting there. Tesla continues to do well, right? I thought there was a shot this thing could possibly even rest on Friday. It didn't, okay? It keeps on grinding. All it needs to do, guys, I'm telling you, all it needs to do. You see this linear regression line, right? All it needs to do is get above this linear regression line, and we have all air. Again, they're coming for this week's expiration, the $260s, the $265s, and we saw some $270s. Again, it's a sequence of buy-the-dips in the week openings of Nvidia, Tesla, all the same as well. Meta, you know, Meta is getting very, very close to coming out of this whole entire formation, guys, very, very close. He got rejected here at the top of the range from the high from two days ago. At least that's a point of reference. That was kind of my point with the Qs. If Meta wakes up this week, this thing could be really, really aggressive. They were coming for the 340 weeklies for this week, so very strong. Look at Amazon. Amazon is so close, guys. Look how close this thing is. It's very, very close to busting out of this whole range. This looks good as well. Arm, again, another example of a strong stock. Remember we talked about this on Thursday's video? Another strong stock opening weaker, right? So look what happened. It was a strong stock. It broke out. It opened weaker. Shorts got trapped at the rising support, and they ripped it back up again. Okay, keep an eye on arm this week. You know, if this thing starts getting above this 72 area, man, this thing could wake up as well. So we have a lot of names that we are watching. The market continues to be strong. At least now you have a point of reference in the QQQs. If you want to take a stab at a potential double top, at least you have a point of reference and are not guessing. If you are a brand new trader and this is your first year trading, congratulations, guys. It's a big deal. Even if you didn't make your fortune and your hopes and dreams in one year, again, you're not supposed to, okay? Your first year, first several years, you're really supposed to just take everything in, just be a sponge, absorb everything. If you're fortunate enough to have a mentor or find a mentor that could fill you in on the details and, you know, cross the T's and dot the I's, that's a blessing, okay? If you're trying to do this on your own, it's going to be tough. I'm telling you, it took me pretty much about five, six years after I started trading with all the ups and downs to kind of get at least a handle with the hell I was doing and this is by myself. I'm going on year 25. It's going to be March. It's going to be 25 years for me in March. It's a very tough business. So if you are brand new, just have faith, guys. Keep working. Keep on looking at charts. Even again, even if you have no idea what you're looking at, don't let anybody distract you from social media, your friends, your family, the naysayers. Well, I can't do it. Well, if they can't do it, doesn't mean you can't do it, right? You know, there's only, what, 550 players that make the NBA roster. Not everybody could be in the league, right? But it doesn't mean you can't be. So the point is, folks, continue to work, continue to ask questions, continue to be a sponge. Have faith. Keep working. And one day, just it magically happens. Folks, I'm telling you, I used to trade for a hedge fund between 2001 and 2003 by the name of Gadoul Capital, okay? Gadoul Capital, Stephen Gadoul was the owner. Gadoul Capital was the spin-off. It was the spin-off of Herzog, Chaim and Gadoul, right? Herzog was a top market maker during the 2000s, and Merrill Lynch bought them out for 900 million. So the Herzog, the Herzog, the Gadoul part, they started their own hedge fund. And there was no worser trader on the planet from 2001 and 2003. It's impossible. I didn't have a single winning week. I didn't have a single winning month for two years, for absolute two years. And if the fund ultimately didn't have a really nasty, almost blow-up, I would have got fired. I don't know how Stephen kept me for two years, but I was absolutely the worst trader on the planet. So it took me about another three years after that to things to really click. And it does. It's a beautiful thing through education. It's a wonderful thing. You're in control of your trading, and the most important part is it's not going to magically happen. You have to put in the work. You have to do everything what everybody else is not doing.  Guys, there's trillions of dollars being exchanged every single day. It's not that 90% of the traders are losing money. It's 90% of the new traders are losing money. That's the reality. That's the reality, folks. You need to get through that year three to five. Once you hit that year three to five, you should really get that good. You should really get that big light bulb moment. And once you do, it does really become a special thing that you accomplish because it's something that not everybody can. So half the faith, guys, keep working. I know it's hard. I know it's difficult. I know a lot of you guys are underfunded. But again, if you push through and you have faith, things will click. Guys, God bless. Have a wonderful last two weeks of the year. For all you guys who are joining the webinar, again, and you are exposed to, for what we believe is a wonderful world of pivots, we are really going to give you a kind of an alternative look at the market for 2024 and you will be shocked what you can accomplish during that time.  Take care.


Back at South High School the cutie field house where the boys are getting ready for the second game of tonight's action My name is Mike Martin joining me as the coach Chris Wright Chris South had a pardon me north had an easy win last time 82 61. What do you see happening here tonight? Well, let's just hope South still looking for that quality win. They're four and 12 North 14 and three Last game 82 61 I know they're getting ready for the national anthem here, but I South's gonna have to do something to end of the 1 3 1 for sure. Here's the conference standing as we see it Here's the pier Here's currently 11 and all their ranked fourth in the state Their only loss was to number one ranked Germantown Bayport who beat North? Pulaski's got two losses. They lost to a deep here and Bayport South High choir great job by those kids North comes in 14 and three eight three in conference Chris We just looked at the standings They were reigning threes in that first game They had 15 of them and they were led by Ethan Gusky's 28 points South is gonna have to answer for the threes and Gusky. Yeah, I think the keys to the game for North they had a terrible fourth quarter the other day. They got a countering do better here Okay, let's go to Sim Safford for the announcement of the starting lineups get a good shot of a coach Tom Desatelle longtime coach 35th year these officials are state guys. These are good guys here Marty Francis and Murray jumping centers to be a good matchup North controls Well, one of the keys of the game. I think for South is forced Devin Yerke right Gusky started off the last game with two quick threes. He didn't get one there.  North is gonna have to account for him You'll surprise you my key for South on offense is number 51 Michael Schrader the senior He's got to get 20 plus tonight for South to win. Let's see if he goes off Schrader from outside the line rimmed out and Fox almost got the loose ball But tipped it out of bounds North will get it for North their keys I think they got a hit their threes every once in a while. They go into these cold spells So they got a shoot. Well, that's what they did on Tuesday cold shooting, but See what happens there Ditter is right on Gusky not letting him get a breath of fresh air Hammeister nails a three since he's entered a starting lineup. He's had I believe it is three Double-digit games Chris. Yeah, I really picked up the scoring side. He's up to seven points per game already good point Not being able to pick up the loose low pass was Murray Should have had it. You can't see it right now, but down in the corner right below us. Ditter is right on Gusky There you see it Gus. He'll take him to the hoop and then kick it out. Hammeister open again and Schrader with the rebound Did her pushing hard Taylor did her leading score 14 points a game for South. This is the guy I think that's gonna be the key number 51 Did her pull up 12 footer couldn't get it to go and Francis taps it out of bounds South 4 and 12 3 and 8 in the league 7th in the league and scoring at 53 points per game north of number one was 71 points 71.8 per game Fox Couldn't get it. Gusky with the loose ball Through it out of bounds. Hammeister wasn't looking Gusky should have taken a little bit longer before he threw the ball Turn over on the Raiders For games like this Chris you really got to get good officials because the action is very intense. Yeah, these guys have Over and back Schrader still wondering what he did wrong It's like the time I was umpiring the catcher said where's left field You're in it man You're from there. Yeah, good block Schrader came over and Michael didn't blocked it. Yep. Good help there. That's great help on your cuz he's like automatic there There's a matchup. Yeah, that is a good one. You're right there Fox with a leap and leaner couldn't get it in and conter showing some strength grabbing the ball South hole for their first four Gusky taking it hard to the basket got ripped down He'll be shooting to Michael Schrader on the fall watch this Whackle You just would have kept his hand straight up instead of going to the side it would Would have made a difference What's Seroni up here used to coach at Arrowhead? Yeah, any Seroni any coach at north? I believe yep. He was way back when we back We back when Husky pops in up here Five to nothing north ball tipped out Andy Seroni The Sun plays at UWG B. Yep Almost hung it out there, but the good ball handling by Ditter and then he kicks it out of bounds I'm gonna give it to north Checking into the game for south is Carter odd mason They're not from the JV JVs guys Omonson Knuth Knuth comes in to Nice pass inside Francis for two quick start by the Raiders Francis has been real tough this year having a great year Averaging over while right at 12 a game just tons of rebounds and Schrader going high for the board put back is no good Gusky looking inside, but had his pass go out of bounds Murray back in Schrader Michael Schrader is gonna get a breather. I was gonna mention before Chris Winsouth sent in that slew of substitutes What Schultz likes to make a lot of substitutions get a lot of people in the game Yeah, they I wrote down a bunch of their players for stats because so many of their kids play Yeah, it's a good idea good hands And I think they're gonna get Somebody for a fall it was hard to tell who they were pointing at falls on 31. Well, they're both 31 Sim Sapper didn't announce it. It's gonna go on Murray since north is getting it out of bounds Seven zip.  We said that before yep one of the things forced your right Timeout coach Schultz and it's gonna be a full one. Yeah, quick timeout. They're down nine to nothing and North is run the offense pretty good You can see part of the game plan. Those are they don't want Gusky to go off for 28 the game well You better figure out something to stop everybody else too because Ethan may get zero, but you may still lose by 30 We had mentioned two in the opening now about balance with the with the girls both north and south well that goes for north And south for that matter. They've got a lot of guys that can score points South all for six from the floor Throwing three turnovers They've had nine chances to score and they have failed to do that in their first four minutes They said south comes in four and 12 looking for that first quality win beat a team with a winning record and Remember a couple of seasons ago when south was actually doing pretty good and talking to coach Olson He made the comment. He just doesn't seem like when we get in these close games we're winning them You know, that's why our record isn't even better. Well this year the team isn't quite as good and they're still not winning a close games If they get down here, then you question will they have enough to come back? Campion-hounding ditter you're not up for a north-south game. I don't know what what more you need That's the second time Reed Contra has provided good help on a drive attempt by ditter forcing him to stop Kristen Schmidt in the game for pardon me Matt Schrader Three-point attempt is no good and I'll tell you of Francis Skye's high for the board Danny can't be in slipped over there. Hope he's all right. Yeah, Carter Robinson. He's a great baseball player guarding York here Kicked out Contra good rotation on it, but he couldn't get it in coming away with the rebound was Carter Robinson Murray from 12 no good Contra's certain board already nice kick down campion open bang. Oh Second three by the North Siders 12 to nothing To a five from out there ready Well, nothing never saw this coming. Nope not a bit Schrader shot no good again north with the rebound Here it pulls up from three. He was filling it. He was heading back down the court, but it didn't go in Good rebound by Jake Knuth Right into the hands of Reed Contra kicks it down to Shaq Francis and Couldn't quite get a handle on it to save it their turnover on north now like many in the game along with Brendan Sipple We've got a problem with Sipple. They don't like his black t-shirt. It's got to be blue. I Agree with these guys alongside of me Mr. Scherschel wants him to put on a blue shirt Those are South colors Accent only It's red and white man. Since when do we go to black here at Saltine? Come on That's a district color The blue Sipple out of the game We get that taken care of He can give it his old Ted Klauzewski look Campion with a nice board South can't make a thing and North's gonna not make another one.  Well, hey nothing wrong with that High school kid getting a tattoo. It's a little early for me, but it's another world. We live in 12-0 I'm in the half left Manning almost a walk Ethan's got to let the game come to him not force things. Yeah, he's a Little antsy wanting to get it in the middle of the lane and wants to shoot Yurick no good Sipple with a strong board and a putback and North has two more It's 14 or nothing and a steal in a basket by Guski Check that manning with the layup We both had her head down and missed it You get a replay on that there you see quote shows he is beside himself What is happening here tonight and it's at South? You're gonna see that last flurry of action The miss watch Sipple on the putback quick ups to get it right back and steal Manning lay in and time out South their second time out of the quarter Chris Well, they gotta gotta clear the ship before the ship is sunk Get there guys back together there's a long time left in this game Let's go back to the simple thing He's a smart guy We'll get that coach desk. Oh, we'll wear a black shirt The way I get the show off my tattoo Coach will not let that happen again 16 to nothing 110 remaining in the quarter and No surprise that Yurick has a big smile on his face with his team leading Schrader a good job of getting a rid of the ball before he fell down and traveled South all for nine Looking for somebody Anybody here's a leader The layup attempt is no good a lot of ups by the boys And did her getting a good shove on the Guski no call and now they're having words South will keep it well in the strength department you got to give it to dinner over the North guards for sure And they're gonna get Yurick with a foul That would be what some people might term a tiki cat That's a good one to clear the air a little bit though Good point Chris. That's why you're the color guy Contour back in menning comes out yet a good little stint there and Hammeister is gonna pick up the fall Just a 13 fall though Marty North Tell you players are going in and out on North and South Neither can the board really Contour had a look at it Schrader from outside the line got it in South's first points a three-pointer by Michael Schrader 16 to 3 And he can't be in running the show with Devin Yurick out there You're gonna get one here to dinner Guski threw it up there couldn't get it But he's fall he'll go to the line to shoot a pair and this is not good for South My key player of the game for South now has a second personal that was a big one for a second one on Michael Schrader I know what you mean about Guski getting a little antsy, you know and not letting the game come to him You know you're up to 15 points a game on the season You know you've been the big big man for the last few games now and all of a sudden, you know, they're not letting me get shots One for two trip for a Guski He's got three points quick whistle Calls on number 15 Taylor Ditter Guski and Francis coming back in and Harrison coming back in Connor Harrison coming in you're gonna see it Yep. Oh two-hand shiver right to the back. Good call silly follow Hey, he got his money's worth. Yeah, they need him on the floor 10 seconds That's right. That was his second fall to Contour Couldn't get it in And that's the quarter north on top 17 to 3 after one. We'll be right back Don't you just love running water?  Yeah, we just made up a new word That happened the moment using water becomes wasting water Majesty it gets weird get normal by visiting wasting water is weird.com It takes more than perfect balance more than a great pair legs more Than a good sword. It takes more than just talent more than the will to win. It takes you It takes your donations to support the US Olympic and Paralympic teams and now you can donate on Facebook Support the US Olympic team on Facebook and donate to make Olympic dreams come Getting ready to start second quarter action Norah started the game with a 16 to nothing run before Michael Schrader nailed a three Your continues to guard Taylor did her Taylor did her with only one fall Chris. Yep, and Passed to the other side by Connor Harrison sales out of bounds another turnover for the Red Wings number six That's one of 11 shooting for South 6 of 16 for North Kick out past the men in from outside the line and he nails a three Now there's three of ten from out there Many two for two in the game ball is tipped away Francis over to Guski Dinner with the good hustle blocks the shot And Guski's gonna get called for a fall and he's gonna get knocked to the floor He gets the double whammy For that doozy of a play take a seat Campion has dinner You'll need a little bit of help on the D. I would think Harrison just a freshman out there number 41 Been in the starting lineup all year Francis playing the tight D hold on top Definitely the strength of North is their defense. We haven't even seen the one three one yet Campion on dinner his shot is off Fox on the putback. He did that a lot the other night when we were here His first basket First two-pointer by salt, you know a five And a takeaway by Murray Harrison being guarded by York Murray being guarded by Murray Did her good move down the baseline off the glass and in And salt has a run Hitter missed his first five you're not gonna keep him quiet all night Spins back with the left hand does Devin York and he scores That was pretty Devin two of seven from the floor now Kick out Fox Rainbows got it down. Both teams starting to light it up now And they're gonna get your for a travel. I don't think that was a good call. They should have let them play on He lost the ball Well now a sudden 2210 doesn't look so bad, you know when you get to double figures and things like that right before when it was 17 to 3 that doesn't look so good, but yeah, it's only 14, but still yeah Harrison bringing it up under pressure with confidence for the young man Murray dribbles it right off his foot, but Salt comes away with it Matt Schrader In the right spot at the right time and then he throws a bad pass That'll be better Francis going hard to the basket gets fouled. He'll be shooting two Hey, my grandma moved into Shaboygan Marty my grandma gear. Yeah, she's got charter cables So she's watching us tonight right and she can catch us on demand anytime she wants. Oh, she has a internet connection My grandma gear is watching us like I said 89 years old watching the game There's a big fan and a little fan Francis couldn't get that but the conter tips it out and north has it back and they've got a 13-point lead 23 to 10 Guski got fouled after the shot, but he put it up and in anyway All right, missed his first three, but he made his fourth I don't know if you notice the block out after the shot kind of caught him a little bit low. It's dangerous Fox another three heard from no no Schrader that time Schrader I meant. Yep Matt Schrader Your counters No glancing blow to the backboard And on the fast break south throws it away Schrader and canoes coming back in pardon me Amundsen Turnovers mounting for south and it's nine and you know their turnovers tonight Marty aren't really like pressure turnovers They're more silly turnovers as opposed to like being trapped and throwing it away They're more about seeing something like rush, but don't hurry and they're hurrying. They're right exactly Contour spins back with the left hand couldn't get it in nice move and then he commits a foul That part wasn't so good Shmoyga north must just work on one-on-one moves Every day in practice, you know, you know who does do that. I'm sure I badgers No, they're got their guards down underneath working on I don't know a series of post moves And you're right about north because they do it, too Here it looks like they're trying them constantly on that assistant coach Knuth Bangles Big Jake Got it down to 11 Hammeister hurt some again Boy every time that they get south gets a little closer north gets a three Gusky want one and now Hammas meister Amundsen gonna get a foul on Hammeister Michael Schrader on the floor with two fouls. That's the one I'm watching. Hope he gets out of here Yeah, you don't want him to get another one with three and a half three fifty left. No more fouls for him. It's too important Michael Schrader's got Danny Campion on him. He should be in the post Spin around shot no good instead Francis on the bust out taking it hard to the hoop lays it up in him. No stopping him. Yeah, you're not gonna stop them 31 to 15 Jake Knuth with another basket Shaq really doesn't take a lot threes, but Campion does had a double bouncer couldn't get it in and Campion fighting for the rebound but Knuth doing the job Schrader open in the corner Did her overlays? He had Schrader down deep if you to kicked it off dusky open Shot is no good Francis grabbing the rim and trying to go up with it, but he lost it I never jumped like that See him grab the rim that could have been a tee I Never got a tee for grabbing on the rim either Didn't you get a tee once for trying to touch the rim and couldn't Thought I heard that Jake Knuth on a charge Hopefully everybody's okay Jake getting up a little slow, but He's gonna be all right Take the oddest shooter on the squad there him and Fox Matt Schrader back in the game Schrader Knuth Murray Harrison and Ditter for south Shaq Gusky Campion Yerke and Contra for north Contra has it on top Campion going hard to the basket puts it up and in Danny Campion a runner good speed Showed good quickness you're right Chris and almost a turnover Murray picks up the loose ball Had pass again by Knuth and a takedown Knuth is gonna pick up his second foul Campion he'll be at the line shooting a bonus Campion just scored a basket. He's got a chance to put in a couple more points Mitchell Fox coming in Campion has five points Chris. He's had a good goal of it here in the first half With a chance to put in some more Good shot of Danny. He saw there. He's a junior. There he is. I Tell you our graphics look just like the state network now when they do state games Those guys know what they're doing Kerry Kautzer and the Scott Mailoff Murray with an easy one on a fast break Richard Bartzen up here by us Eric Weaseman running the floor camera Guys do a great job to Shaq underlay had an opening but couldn't get it up and in Nobody wanted to get in dinners way big dude South's got to try to get this under double figures Contour home, but not the way north hit their threes tonight You made a great comment before and you said every time to get a little close salt has an answer Yeah, six threes made by uh North now, yeah, and he had 15 in that first game steel by campion this will be interesting. Oh Good job by Danny Avoiding the pressure by a Schrader and just like that. It's back to 18 Marty. I don't believable under a minute Kick over to dinner. His rainbow is no good Gusky with the board and he kicks it down the floor campion is gonna get it, but he can't get it to a north player Matt Schrader has it on the bust out Mitchell Fox no good Gusky says I'll take care of it and he does Wow we this is uh Getting bad 20 point lead with 30 seconds left in the half and what was it just a minute ago? Would they scored the last seven? Yep seven points. It was uh 35 22 down by 13 Salt's gonna hold for one Because we'd rather not be down by 22 Sounds like a plan Matt Schrader going hard Contour got there a little late. That's going to be a good call The second foul seventh foul on north with six seconds left. We got wholesale changes again Matt Schrader on the line to shoot two These are going to be the first free throws by south in the half Wow North is shot eight and made six of them so far North is shooting really well Marty Robbie Schrader number 33 in the game Alec Manning comes in for north Oh in and out five seconds left Conter Couldn't get it in And we're at halftime with north up 1942 to 23 People might think that adreon would never be able to go to college like his brother or achieve his dream of being an actor We couldn't disagree more We're the arc and we believe everyone should have the opportunity to realize their full potential The arc stands up for those in need advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities I want to be a professional actor so they can be anything they want to do If you need help or if you want to help visit us at www.thearc.org Trick seniors into giving them their Medicare numbers I heard that this happened to my friend a man came to her door Wanting to sign him up for the new medicare program Well when she got her medicare summary notice, it was full of charges for services. She hadn't received So I did something about it. I joined the senior medicare patrol where I teach others to protect their medicare numbers review statements to spot false charges and report suspected We are this close We are this close of our mentality Making history this close to changing the world We are this close This close to making sure no child suffers a crippling disease ever again We are this close to ending polio This close be a part of history at rotary.org Sheboygan sol's freshman teams Both won over sheboygan north this afternoon in boys jv action north won that one And uh unless uh unless south can really pick it up here in the second half at uh gary fritch Yeah, boy. I haven't seen gary. There's a heck of a baseball player. Good catcher. Yep. Didn't yell at the umpire much That's what I like the bottom best Anyway, let's go with some uh, did you imagine north? Yeah north one north jv's won this afternoon In the boys action and girls for that matter first half scoring first for the home team Matt schrader off the bench had four michael fox had five taylor did her only four points chris He had a tough goal of it north playing good defense on him thomas murray to j canuth five off the bench And michael schrader three and you had mentioned early that he needed to score points in order for uh, south to be successful Nine points off the bench for south north was led by dan campion off the bench He had nine points. Ethan gusky forcing some shots But came away with eight in the first half your kid four Francis five manning five off the bench counter three Am I stir hit a couple of threes for six and uh simple on a nice putback showing good ups Quick ups actually scored two points And north had 16 points off the bench some stats Well, I got north 15 of 32 they made six threes marty But the unique thing about that is that Ethan gusky only hit one and Devin your kid zero So they got contributions of three pointers from other people and they're still up like this for shaboygan south They are nine of 25 shooting four of 11 from three And my danger spot for them as you already kind of mentioned it Ditter and schrader are three of 13 shooting and that's your guys and you know, you're two big guys You got a score. I mean they're 23 points to combine between them and uh, they did not shoot the ball very well And uh, I'll tell you when those threes are going in like I said north was six of 17 But it we both mentioned that whenever south kind of sort of got within 11 and 12 north would hit a three and that was that what's kind of interesting in the Three-point shooting analysis is north had four different players make three-point baskets, but so did south Unfortunately for them each of their Three-point makers only had one make yeah, they're four of 11 from three south that is and Tell you what Just that slow one for 11 shooting for south in the first quarter Really made a difference And give a shout out once more to this website that WSES has Get on demand broadcasts of different programs The website is located at there. You see at wscs sheboygan.com And if you go to the upper right click on programming and then vod player that stands for video on demand And then select the appropriate menu. You can watch different Broadcasts at WSES has in their archive, of course, we always go there and watch ourselves But think of it this way fans You got mike and chris on demand whenever you want them if you can't sleep at night find that website We'll punch you to sleep And we get started with second half action north has the ball Campion starting to suppress for a second half here chris interesting Ethan gusky just two of six tonight inside feed francis with an easy two And north with a good start he's three for four and ups that lead to 21 South's just got a crawl. They got a crawl back in this one Ball tipped away. No, they're saying gusky did not hit it It goes off a south and north will get it back So 12 turnover on south Way too many in the first half and it like I said it wasn't on like You know traps and things was just passes like that. Yeah That you would think by this time this season that's pretty much taken care of and cleaned up North pressuring hard getting it to the basket good defense at time by michael schrader to stop francis from going to the hoop Still stuck on two fouls and that's good for south Campion looking away. It throws it up. No good Did you notice that he kind of looked away and then he all of a sudden he stutter stepped and took it to the hoop Oh, that was a bad one Schrader picks up his third Campion just averaging 4.9 points per game He's doubled that already and now he can add to it He might be the game's first double digit score He is His average is going up chris You know just when you account for one guy All of a sudden somebody else comes up and bites you North is 8 of 10 on free throws tonight. It's 46 23 north is doubled up their southside opponent Inside feed kanuth Puts in two Jake having a nice night off the bench He has seven Contra going hard lays it high off the glass and got the pretty bounce and it went in for him Two-point basket of the game 206 so far tonight Now reads a guy that at least tonight, you know when I watch him play He's doing the little things that really helped north win You know playing some good defense like right there coming over to help or tipping the ball out Just those little things that don't always show up in the box score, but really make a difference Now now I understand michael schrader has three fouls, but At this point you might need to have one of your big guys out there. Otherwise, you know when you're down by 30 You can't come back. Um, it's too late to bring him in Murray working on campion good move by thomas murray taking it right to the rack Murray averaging seven point six Points for game. That's just his second basket. He's two for two Harrison no match for yurk Devin yurk puts it in he just Went left used him and abused him third foul on canoes now to match michael schrader Robbie schrader coming into the game yurk looking for his Seventh point it's been a slow night for him scoring wise You watch how he creeps up there now. He's got what six now seven seven You watch how he climbs up there a little bit Hey, all you know, he hasn't made a three yet and he's had some really good looks all of a sudden He bombs one of those and he's up to 10 Three of nine shooting Devin, I'll tell you I don't know if you could notice it on your screen, but gusky was all over did or not allowing him to Touch the ball on the in bones Nor success as their defense. They just are so quick You can test every situation look at check just work them Murray Over to harrison his turn around jumper in the lane is up and in connor harrison his first basket Fall after the shot and the basket is good Ham Ister, oh man Chance for a four point play marty really Holy cow coach schultz gonna kneel down and think about this as the Deficits now going to be at 26. Wow, who would have guessed this? I thought north was going to win. I just think they have a better team and they're playing better But I didn't anticipate this kind of a blowout Schrader goes down very hard Francis is going to get called for the fall. Hopefully that young man is okay. Francis coming over showing some love helping him up Very classy I got a question for you chris if we're down by 20. Do we pick them up? Just i'm just thinking out loud. Yes I mean you should right? Yeah But do you Norse just stays on fire there four of four in the quarter now 19 for 36 shooting and just everything's working five for excuse me seven for 18 from threes for north That Schrader puts in the second of two 55 to 30 ashana anderson snuck in while you're talking there chris Jack's going to go right at him Into the back court. I believe this will be a turnover. I don't think south tipped it. They didn't seventh turnover on north They played a pretty clean game you'd have to say that seven, you know in the Almost the middle of the third quarter. That's pretty good Anderson On an opening and took it couldn't get it and francis with a strong rebound pull that one down with authority Hammeister i've got it coach No problemo another three for him He's got 13 There's a kid started the year, you know, he got his action, but he didn't see a whole lot, you know Right in the pines and always getting an opportunity And making the most of it Well, I said they have to hit their threes north if they're going to win and they can't have cold spells I think they're taking care of one of my things here where I look on the south side some of the things I wanted them to do Isn't all working Amundsen has it in the back court being guarded by hammeister And good help defense there by Conter The problem was hammeister forgot to rotate over. Did you notice that? Yeah Michael straighter trying to get a long three. Of course, we could blame that on read and say he didn't call switch Gusky from the parking lot rolls off what a play by yurk And You're right chris all of a sudden he's going to be up there He's got nine now North six of seven shooting in the quarter marty and they're up by 30. They've doubled them Matt Schrader Good body control put it up and in Oh boy, that was pretty slick till he lost the ball Francis a scooper who put it up and in ditter has been uh Silent in this third quarter He's been kind of like you on friday. You don't even get to touch the ball Yeah, it's just two of nine shooting Schrader on a nice baseline drive put it up and in Ditter hasn't even attempted a shot here in the third They're leading score at 14 Husky quick pass to hammeister Call me in coach Don't shake his hand when you get done with the interview chris You might get blisters Three for three from three And five of six in the game 16 point we'll take gusty away And now look There's your favorite players back in the game Tex? Yeah You gotta tell the fans who texas they might not know Well, he lived in texas for a while and For a year and then came back here and uh talking about brandon sipple, right? Yep Oh murray with the good up save that pass. I said he's tex Tristan schmidt hasn't seen a lot of action tonight This shot is no good North on a bit of a bust out Contour forced it couldn't get it Murray comes away with the board. There's two minutes left in this third quarter. It's north 65 south 34 And north is just sizzling shooting Contour on the good d That can't be over. Oh, that was a bad call. They're gonna have to change that one the referee will come over and explain that to him And they're gonna get together To say were we going after I don't want to go to mcdonald's Let's go somewhere else And they say well, wherever we're going we're going south Nine threes for north in the ballgame Robbie schrader checks in nine for 21 from three point range It'll be interesting to see if Devin yurk sits out the entire minute 55 left in the third No, I'm serious, you know, because I'm sure he wants to give him a little bit of a break But I don't know that he needs that much of a break right you watch he'll be in quickly Oh Matt Schrader got it on the sideline and had to get rid of it. Otherwise he falls out of bounds and Unfortunately for him. He threw it away Ham isters feeling it Schrader omonson is all over ethan gusky over there as the leading score He was paying attention this morning at the wall. It wasn't really a walkthrough. It was a full practice. I think but uh We're all over gusky as the leading scorer in the ballgame is now at the free throw line He's just doing it from all over chris Lorenzo back us in for the first time number five there. You see him on the free throw line Couldn't quite get that Second one in Not a very good release on that second free throw. I didn't think Good rotation over but uh sliding down and making the pass was uh number 33 Robbie schrader Robbie schrader Michael johan seeing his first action number 21 The ball was tipped schmidt Got it in Well coach desatel can't be too happy with this group and the way they're playing with that turnover No turnovers are good gusky Taking it hard to the basket couldn't get it in but he did get fouled. We'll be shooting a pair Here's when you like to score points and you get those free throws. You just well, you know make these, you know Get the points And when you feel like that then you make your free throws soon Well, he's got nine points, but he's only two of seven from the floor So he is getting it done at the free throw line Just one of six. Yeah, I think it's one of six from three marty and the rest of the team is Lighten it up Camer's home a couple there Under a minute left in the third back calls Good pass to schmidt and he travels but no call Oh nice look off hammyster shot is no good And knocked out of bounds by shawna anderson, but gusky was waving his hands down on the left side And uh Campion looked that way, but then he fired over to his teammate Hammeister on the other side Kevin lang in the game for the first time for the Raiders He's a free throwmaker Runs cross country Lang Well, see if he's a free throwmaker chris This is gonna be the ninth and tenth free throw of the quarter Lang oh it was on the rim and rolled off chris I jinxed him. I was just gonna say that Ryan brunmeyer number 41 in the ball game lang more importantly trying to get a free throw Nice free throw there You can only jinx them once back house A good hand by brunmeyer, but uh couldn't save it I was gonna tell you that uh Tonight the uh Yerke and gusky are one of nine from three. The rest of the team is eight for 12. Oops How about that? That's contributions from others. They're really menning on the nice attempt, but couldn't save it 13 seconds left 69 38 It's been all north tonight Whoa Schmidt right down the lane Had the wide open layup attempt, but couldn't get it in and we're at the end of three quarters of play Sheboygan north 69 south 38 Look a howler monkey in the eye fried ants are delicious We finished a clinic and are in a rainstorm. 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We look forward to bringing you that game But before we do that we've got to finish out the fourth quarter of this game Taylor did her back in he's had a tough night No shots in the third quarter for taylor He's gonna get one here.   Say, what do you have? I don't think I got what you got, but we'll call what you want And they're gonna call it on brunmeyer North remains red hot 23 of 43 from the field south 16 of 30 excuse me 16 for 30 40 make it That's still pretty good The difference is the uh threes marty nine threes for north just four for south and the free throw differential Yeah, the north is 14 for 18 South is not shot many free throws Murray hammers home a couple gives him six points on the night. It's 69 to 40 Could pass over to camping. He's wide open from three point land, but couldn't get it in And a nice kick down pass Murray's got it for quick points for thomas He's three for three from the floor Manning I've got it. Oh Good try chetty tries to get it in there Kick out to francis and he takes it to the hole lays it up and in there. That was an easy two Five of six shooting For shack. He's in double figures. Now. There's a guy that lets the game come to him Lang picks up the fall And harrison comes out of shawna anderson comes in ditter finally got an open look and he nails a three He's been waiting for that one. Yep 71 45 francis with the other hand Whoa On a yoyo on a string netball No basket fall underneath Lang picks up his second quick fall and We'll see you later. Kevin Hammeister in With his 17 points Francis now with 13 camping as 11 And uh Oh no No love murray got no love on that shot. It was down and popped back out right string wrong yoyo.  No, he's not in the game, but he also is in double figures with ten So it's four guys from north and double figures and yerk is right on the cusp of getting ten If they ever let him off the bench Oh, campion Good play francis and they're gonna get a shot of anderson with a fall. That was uh Cheapy all in what it is Just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time Jones back in That's what we almost forgot about the straight knee shoot the free throw straight knee And he couldn't get it in Campion trying to play the tight D schrader from way outside the line hit nothing anderson Turner all put back is good Ditter with seven Schrader with five Michael Schrader that is North did the job on them Am I still with a good move leaning in throws it up no good Francis off the glass no good and fox with the rebound Ditter right down main street had a shot blocked I think it was brunmeyer might have got a piece of that chris Good help defense error by ditter Almost got the turnover And campion with a little dish off the manning, but he wasn't ready for it and it goes out of bounds Lange back in brunmeyer had a good stint there. He's huffing and puffing chris. He got pretty much action It's the last few minutes It's it over to michael fox. He had a good look couldn't get it to go though laying Over the top of the head couldn't get it in but am Ister comes away with the rebound Looked like he might have got whacked in the face, but he's okay Am Ister from outside the line. He couldn't get it Shawnee anderson gets the rebound Schrader lays it up and a nice pass from taylor ditter Good job a run on the break by the salsiders Am Ister I think will be shooting some free throws The ball goes on taylor ditter South's gonna fall to four and 13 three and nine in the league North will improve to nine and three in the league Oh whole A brand new five coming in for south Big game for north will be on the 17th when they have to travel up to pilaski, but the rest of the games for north are Very winnable. Yeah, you're right there They're done with the pier done with bayport Do a manatee walk, but Manatee walks in fifth in the league, but Just not the quality of the first four teams this year to pier bayport pilaski and north And might have said that tam Ister was on the line. It's kevin laying And he pops in a couple. He has three points in the ballgame And north has 76 they're up 76 49 It's been an easy night for the salsiders. They've had it the whole way Knuth with another two Big jake with nine It's four for four from the floor Rolling down to the three minute mark in the fourth quarter Every north player has scored marty That's pretty nifty. Oh sipple on a nice given goal Campion with the great assist I think except maybe the brunmeyer score. He's the only one that maybe i'm not sure if he did or not Did he get some free tools? Yeah, I don't think so chris. So he's all that's left. I think the score Going down. I don't see his number on my sheet. No, okay So ryan brunmeyer is the only north player to have him scored To the line number 35 Jake knuth Jake knuth back on the line opportunity to score some points. He's got nine great opportunity to get up in the double figures And uh, he's looking good tonight. There's jake Just when you build him up chris happens every time Oh, not a good pass there kevin back hauls Oh, he wanted that And then tristan schmitt commits a fall Tacks will be going to the line ryan back in the game Somebody must have said something to coach. Hey coach chris and mike said he's the only guy that hasn't scored We got to get him back in there. Oh, it says he's got three That's three falls, man Oh, yeah, three falls. Sorry Oh, yeah, oops. Sorry. Hey, that's all right. It's nice to see someone else make a mistake Uh Back calls with a nice drive to the hoop, but again the hoop not showing any love to some of those cell ciders back as commits a fall laying back at the line They'll be shooting two now chris 10th 10th fall on south about 20 of 51 shooting North is really cooled off here rules in 25 of 54 for north Just a two for 11 in the Quarter. Yeah That's what happens when you get the other guys in there. Oh simple You're not going to go very far running into tex and he's going to make sure that he registers a fall Tristan schmid will be at the line shooting a couple And a good shot of tristan sophomore Hope to see more of him next couple of years South has got a good mix. They've got Quite a few seniors on this year's squad, but they do also have some juniors and a freshman and a sophomore in there Couple sophomores with carter ombison and schmitt schmitt now with four points. Here's ryan's chance Hey, he's got it and everyone from north is now scored 81 54 schmitt Manning got away with a walk 130 left Oh Oh, let him play And three and three and three finally after six Get it out of there four if I get it out of there five. Oh now we got to call it. Yeah That's okay though. Let him play Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. He's been in there a while. I was thinking why call a fall. There's no blood No, I meant three three seconds. That too Schmitt from outside the line. Oh rolls it in that was pretty That looked nice 82 61 last time marty. We're at 81 57. Yeah. Yeah, pretty cool kevin lang Looking looking feeds it inside the simple. His shot is blocked by ombison Carter hasn't got he hit that one like he likes to hit a baseball and the basket is up and good by uh Robbie schrader Lang kevin lang Wow It's all north chris going to check out at the 25 second mark hope to get some interviews for us Following the game. It's 84 59 Backhouse's shot is no good simple with the rebound Manning bringing it up under 10 seconds now. He's just going to dribble it out And north the winner They had it all the way Come away with a big 25 point win 84 to 59 I own problems to worry about those people in africa don't want to help themselves. What's the point? Where's the proof? Actually smart programs are saving lives in just 10 years over 15 million more kids are alive All plus than 1% of the total fee with budget. How's that for proof? And today there are new vaccines that could save millions of more kids Go to one.org and join the movie. We're not asking for your money. We're asking for your Hello, I've been on the street for a while. I've been on the street for a while. I saw your poster outside I saw your poster outside I don't know what to do I don't know what to do National runaway switchboard. How can I help? 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So It's just you gotta play good dion. Yeah, I mean they must have shot I think they're one for 11 in the first quarter. So I mean it wasn't even to really set the town for the whole game Yeah, the first quarter set the tone and we never looked back after our league Yeah, a lot of those turnovers turned into easy baskets for you guys too, which is always nice Yeah, the easier the basket the easier the win Really worked out well So what do you think of these north south games pretty fun? They're great great atmosphere great crowd Well playing in front of a big crowd. So this is perfect Yeah a little different than the regular days of practice during the week or it's just Little another game. Uh, it's definitely different.  You can stay here. Joe I think Ethan hit one three tonight and I think Devin didn't hit any But the rest of you guys all hit threes. That's gotta be nice. I know what a team went It was a very nice team win. I mean that's fun getting those wide open shots something you kind of dream about, huh? All the time You know, you're the leading scorer tonight. Yes, I did. That's a great thing in the north south game You know 20 years from now to be something you'd be pretty proud of but Tough week this week tough loss on tuesday night. How was it getting back to practice on wednesday? We just had to forget about it and move on.  That was the first for the season. It was pretty cool Now I see, you know, you have like 10 guys, but it looks like everybody's contributing Like I said, everybody scored. It really is a team effort all the time. That's all we work on in practice Big win for your seniors and stuff send them out with a north south victory. Yes, hopefully we get to play them again later on That's it. So what are your experiences with this north south? What do you think of all this crowd and things? It's definitely my favorite games to play in Yeah, it is. Well, congratulations to both of you guys and actually we'll see you thursday against Manitalk We'll sit with that. We're gonna send it up to marty Sheboygan north the winner 84 to 59 north now has a record of 15 and three Nine and three in conference. Sheboygan south drops to four and 13 and three and nine in conference For us south Matt Schrader had six points. Mitchell fox five. Taylor did her seven Tristan schmitt seven off the bench had a nice night, especially in the third and fourth quarter Ashon anderson had two Thomas Murray eight Robbie schrader four jake newt off the bench had 10 points played a very nice game and michael schrader Big number 51 had seven points for the Raiders Everybody scored. Ethan gusky with 10 Dan campion with 11 off the bench Devin urech nine Shaq francis had a great game Had 14 points alex menning five read counter five did a lot of things Outside of scoring to help the team win tonight kevin lang off the bench with six Joe hammister There you saw him in the interview at the end had 16 points along with his buddy danie campion Ryan brunmeyer had two late in the fourth quarter and simple ended up with four Again, sheboygan north the winner 84 to 59 In girls action earlier tonight the north girls won handily 58 to 39 Our next basketball game is going to be thursday february 9th when manatee walk comes to sheboygan north We look forward to covering that game And for the crew Eric weisman on the floor camera richard barton on the Up camera scott mailoff and kerry cultzer doing our directing and running the graphics for my partner chris right I'm mike martin saying thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road


In the dark and twisted world of Gotham City, a toxic bond unravels. It's when Dr. Harleen Quinzel becomes Harley Quinn and finds herself ensnared by the manipulative and abusive Joker. Even in real life, many people are falling into that same trap called trauma bond. For them, love will be painful and dangerous until they get the strength to escape. Are you one of those people? In this video, we'll take a look at Harley and Joker's relationship to help you see if you're stuck in a trauma bond. Traumatic Roots As a psychology intern, Dr. Harleen Quinzel treats the untreatable Joker at Arkham Asylum. From the start, he senses her vulnerability and prays on her ambition and compassion. He shares stories of his abusive childhood intertwining humiliation with humor. He undresses himself without her consent, blurring boundaries. At that moment, he claims dominance and Harley is conquered. Instead of feeling repulsed, her brain sees shelter. In the midst of chaos, she's under his spell. And this is how a trauma bond is born. Out of the traumatic event, when you've been hurt by your partner in some way, it triggers intense emotional and physiological responses. Heightened arousal with increased release of stress hormones leads your brain to perceive the abuser as a source of safety. It seems paradoxical, but it's what it needs in order to survive.  Love me, then hate me. As the relationship goes on, it's all but rainbows and sunshine. When Harley messes up, the Joker delivers punishment by grabbing, slapping and throwing her. He shouts at her, declaring her a disappointment, a failure, adult. He isolates her from others and makes her believe she deserves it. But the very rare displays of affection, which he barely even mumbles, get her heart racing again. What we see here is the maintenance of a trauma bond. By using a psychological mechanism called intermittent reinforcement, your abuser alternates between periods of kindness or affection and episodes of abuse.  With tears in their eyes promising they'd change. That's when you enter a cycle of hope and despair. Bearing the abuse but yearning for the love that follows after. False beliefs and loyalties.  When the Joker pushes her out of the window and her limp body hits the ground, she tells us that it's her fault. She should have got the joke. At this point in your trauma bond, you've developed cognitive distortions, which are inaccurate thinking patterns. You might rationalize or justify their behavior. Blame yourself for the abuse or minimize the harm done.  This further solidifies the trauma bond by creating a sense of loyalty or attachment to your abuser. You see them as caring, charming, damaged. Harley explained it best. It soon became clear to me, the Joker, so often described as a raving, homicidal madman. It was actually a tortured soul crying out for love and acceptance. A lost injured child trying to make the world laugh at his antics. Just like Harley, you want to love your abuser. You want to care. You want to save them. But it's you who needs to be saved. Running towards the light. If you're in a trauma bond, we know your feelings towards this person might be very strong. And you may not feel like leaving. We understand that maybe at some point in the past, they were your bright light. But those who love you shouldn't hurt you like that. They should make you feel good about yourself, not the opposite. And you don't deserve this. Please don't wait until it's too late. Call a trusted friend, a family member, your doctor, or even the police if you are in physical danger. In the description box, we linked some hotlines and resources you can visit to help you come up with an escape plan. We believe that you can find a way to snap this bond apart. Find yourself again. Thanks for watching, and remember, you matter.  Get your very own sigh. The lovable plushie is here to brighten your days. It embodies the spirit of Psych2Go, and it serves as a reminder to prioritize your mental well-being. Its green leaf symbolizes growth, renewal, and the importance of self-care. Whether it's for yourself or as a thoughtful gift for a loved one, sigh is ready to be your smugly friend through all of life's ups and downs. Buy your sigh plushie today. Link is listed in the description box.