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When the audience yells horrible things: Boo! You suck! We don’t like you! No one wants you here!
You can’t stop the audience from hurling insults at you.
No matter who you are, you have an audience. You might feel invisible sometimes. But, the fact is, someone is watching you. Even if your audience is filled with people who are supposed to be loyal to you, like friends and family. No one escapes the power of the audience’s opinion: either positive or negative.
Everyone has to deal with other people’s opinions. Their words sting, and even worse, they stick around longer than a physical bruise or injury.
“Lisa Guerrero wasn’t sure she wanted to live anymore.
After one season as a ‘Monday Night Football’ sideline reporter, she was fired. She was humiliated and clinically depressed...
One day, months after her firing, she drove on the Pacific Coast Highway. Out of old habit, she mistakenly flipped on sports radio.
The hosts cackled, reading a ‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ column that ransacked her name, focusing on her looks and calling her ‘MNF’s biggest liability ever.
She pulled over. ‘I considered killing myself,’ Guerrero told The NYPost.” How Lisa Guerrero overcame suicidal thoughts after ‘Monday Night Football’ humiliation
For Lisa Guerrero, the audience existed away from the football stadium, following her via radio as she drove in her car. Once their voices got inside her head, it was hard to focus on anything else.
This is true for everyone: Unless you connect to a strong support system, when you’re caught in this type of trap, you will feel isolated and alone. Fight to stay connected and avoid the traps people set for you.
Otherwise, the Collector finds you and drains your resources.
Advice from Your Cornerman: Agent September
The following combination uses eight (8) cards from the DramaGuru Relationships deck. Your Cornerman, Agent September, devised this plan to prevent you from falling into a sticky trap that is very difficult to escape from once you fall into it.
The Goal: Get to neutral. Make a new plan. Keep moving forward.
This sequence illustrates the situation by:
- Analyzing how the Audience (with their opinions) launched an attack.
- How the Collector successfully drained Lisa Guerrero’s power.
- How to process what happened.
- Where to stand to recover and to regain strength.
You will not win every battle.
Especially if the audience is banding together and hurling insults. To move forward, you have to judo flip the situation by “kicking it to the curb” and releasing your resentment.
Agent September says, ‘Give yourself permission to step away from the trap.‘
Position Before Submission: Without a foundation or establishing your position, it’s difficult to shake off depression. Instead of staying stuck, do some analysis instead.
- Mouth Almighty Position: Words are like swords.
- Transition: Constant repetition weakens your defenses. Your opponent is setting you up for the attack.
- Friendly Fire Attack: Ugh! Nothing you do or say will change my mind about you. No winning here.
- The Collector: Shame’s collection agent. The Collector enjoys your shame. He laughs at your pain. Draining your energy (the Vampire Attack) is easy for him now. Whoever is doing this dirty job earns the title of Collector.
- Judo Flip or Jiu Jitsu Sweep: Time to block the Collector and regain your power. Refill your emotional energy tanks.
You are not alone! Get some people on your side and in your corner. Connect to the main source of power. Stay away from the Collectors!
You can’t fight back against an audience or a group of people who have decided they don’t want you around. Move on. Live to fight another day. And remember to forgive yourself.
This is a White Belt Level DramaGuru case — meaning the pattern itself is simple, not that the stakes were small. Simple traps are often the most dangerous ones, precisely because they don’t look like traps until it’s too late.
Updated: 4 August 2026
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Source: Stadium audience photo by Marcelo Cidrack on Unsplash
The game I call Demon Spotting developed over time as I worked through emotional entanglements and confusing break-ups. My misery became code words. Code words became mat drills. Mat drills became winning combinations. And my confusion lifted. Consider this your invitation to play. Clarity is freedom.