If there’s one thing that’s anathema to any aggressive personality, it’s being told: “No.”

Just because someone does or says something that manipulates you, doesn’t necessarily mean they did it to manipulate you.

The most important thing for anyone to accept is that the disturbed character’s behaviors are his (or her) problems to address through appropriate guidance and dedicated self-correction.

Gender bias can often color our judgment when it comes to correctly perceiving someone’s character.

There are predators among us. There’s something qualitatively different about them. They use powerful tactics to play on your strongest needs and insecurities and to make you abandon your instincts about them, allowing you to eventually become captive. Their true nature often only comes to light when the jig is up.