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Notes on the Journey: Sometimes Violence is the Answer What is Violence? I grew up believing, like most of us I believe, that violence is a physical act that harms another. And, most importantly, the belief that it can only be a physical act. But the narrowness of that definition makes me feel like I’m suffocating. For those of us who have experienced other forms of violence, it’s isolating to the point of despair. Before starting training, if you were to ask me what my definition of violence is, I would have said: violence is destructive force. Any destructive force.