Predators Shrink Your World

When targeted by a predator, your world shrinks over time. It is very hard to fight it, especially if co-workers or friends begin to question your claims of being bullied. This should be considered a 'law of nature' because it is so predictable, so common in a predator-prey relationship.

Over a period of 4 years, both my husband and I slowly dropped out of one organization and another. We were not completely conscious of it. We just found ourselves getting more exhausted. We stopped reading as much and the magazines piled up. We did not have the energy to go to a meeting at night, so the memberships dropped.

Our world shrank as we put what energy we had left into just making sure our relationship did not become a shipwreck. The house became cluttered, but we did not let it bother us. The important thing was to survive this and to survive it together. A predator tries to steal everything from you. Ignore the nice face, the friendly smile, the gifts - it is what is inside that matters - the person inside that skull who calculates, manipulates, charms.

They are the REAL Jekyll and Hydes of this world.