Isabel’s Reviews > Our New World of Adult Bullies: How to Spot Them ― How to Stop Them > Status Update

Wait. Since it was done by an adult mother and an eighteen year old employee, isn't the employee also a part of that easily manipulated under twenty fivers?

"Remember the power of PEP includes intense love or obsession (love bombing), but its true goal is to seal the target's loyalty."

"It's how they get you to do something you wouldn't do if you knew the truth. It's how they win and you lose, and get you to help them take advantage of you or others by using their PEP on you."

"A con is designed to gain power over you and others."

"Instead of disagreeing with your values, beliefs or behavior, they attack your being. They'll tell others, or the world, that you are a terrible, sinful, shameful, human being."

"Bullies require the inaction of their targets and the tolerance (or ignorance or complicity) of lots of other people in order to continue their bullying."

"They may sit surrounded by other people to make them look even bigger."

"Bullies want to get into your head and manipulate you, to make you doubt yourself and believe in them."

"It usually takes place where there is power imbalance or a perceived power imbalance."

"Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions."