Half Dad, Half Misfit

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  https://web.archive.org/web/20110702232127/http://www.fugitivus.net/2010/06/10/on-interpersonal-badness/ If somebody is investing time, resources, and energy into convincing you of your own worthlessness, that same somebody has revealed to you that they have a lot to lose if you don’t believe them. They’re protecting their own loss of power. Which means they perceive you as somebody who can take that power away. If somebody is putting in the work to knock you down, it’s because they’ve got something to fear about you if you’re standing up.