"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

"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." From related article: http://www.fugitivus.net/2010/06/10/on-interpersonal-badness/ http://www.fugitivus.net/2010/06/10/on-interpersonal-badness...