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Q. How do I deal with someone who wants power over me?

When we’re in a toxic environment, there’s nothing we can do to change the other person’s behavior.

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E.B. Johnson
Jun 18, 2021
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Q. How do I deal with someone who wants power over me and making sure I’m helpless so I can be indebted to them because of what I did in the past to them and wants me to be scared? (via Quora)

A. Get out. It sounds like you’re in an extremely toxic environment, and in those cases there is nothing you can do to change the other person’s behavior. Even if …

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