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• Every Victim requires a Persecutor. But the Persecutor isn’t always necessarily a person. The Persecutor could also be a condition or a circumstance. A persecuting condition might be a disease or a heart attack, or an injury. A persecuting circumstance could be a natural disaster, like a hurricane or an earthquake or a house burning down.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• Victims may be defensive, submissive, over-accommodating to others, passive-aggressive in conflict, dependent on others for self-worth, overly sensitive, even manipulative. They’re often angry, resentful, and envious, feeling unworthy or ashamed about their circumstances. Have you ever felt or acted this way?

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• All victims have experienced a loss—a thwarted desire or aspiration—even if they’re not aware of it.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• Frozen in fear, you avoid responsibility because you think your experience is beyond your control. This stance keeps you from making decisions, solving problems, or going after what you want in life.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• These people are often authoritarian and rigid in their views, exerting power over others in an effort to keep others from having power over them. Persecutors may act grandiose and self-righteous to mask their own insecurity.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• Persecutors, like Victims, act out of fear. The may seem fearless, but actually Persecutors are almost always former Victims.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• A Rescuer isn’t always a person. Addictions to alcohol or drugs, sexual addiction, workaholism—all the ways we numb out—can rescue the Victim from feeling his or her own feelings.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• Persecutors fear loss of control. Rescuers fear loss of purpose. Rescuers need Victims—someone to protect or fix—to bolster their self-esteem.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• When you inhabit any of these three roles, you’re reacting to fear of victimhood, loss of control, or loss of purpose. You’re always looking outside yourself, to the people and circumstances of life, for a sense of safety, security, and sanity.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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• Whatever I hold in my mind tends to manifest itself in my life. What we believe and assume creates most of our reality and our experience.

  ~ David Emerald Quotes from The Power of TED*

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