I Ride The Dark Horse: #cyberattacks

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Monday, April 13, 2020

Stupid .. Not Me!

Families often keep under wraps the dirty secrets. The persona of the perfect family in pictures and in public attempt to overshadow what really is going on behind the scenes. What happens when secrets are revealed can cause hurt, confusion and betrayal. How do we navigate the emotional territory between openness and privacy, closeness and individuality?

These past months have given me an opportunity to explore the family secrets. I have learned that a sister-in-law has felt enlightened to share (what she believes) be the dirty secrets of my life. Most aren't even true; some are but did not need to be revealed. What if her most intimate secrets were shared? What if her children were embarrassed by what they learn and now public. Do my brothers know what is being passed around and if they do, they are accessories to cowardness and the bullying frenzy!

My children know everything because keeping secrets from children should be carefully thought through. Children are extremely perceptive and may become alarmed or anxious if they sense something of a serious nature is being hidden from them. The most damaging scenario would be if one or more children firmly believe that they are somehow personally responsible for whatever undercurrent is going on in the home.

Keeping family secrets can cause suspicion and resentment. It can cause a false sense of reality, especially among children. When eventually told the truth, either by a parent, or even worse by someone outside of the family,

When eventually told the truth, either by a parent, or even worse by someone outside, there world might be shattered. I know that I have felt this emotion more than once. The secrets impact on children can be profound, regardless of their age. Parents who habitually keep secrets from their children should keep in mind the possibility that such behavior could very well be repeated in future generations.

Comment back to me on your feelings of family secrets? How have they affected you?

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Monday, January 6, 2020

New Day!

I love watching the sunrise. Our world is covered in snow and the sun’s rays glitter across the beautiful fields and colors our surroundings. It warms my heart and brightens my day!

This past week has been a week of realization and courage. I have had to downplay my thoughts that this is not a world of second changes. Whatever mistakes that one makes far reach more than the successes. The mistakes travel far and reaching like a snowball gaining speed on a downhill travel. Facts are exaggerated, revenge is stated, and the stories become as large as the snowball gaining speed on its downward spiral.

Why are there people who wish to squelch one’s desire to move ahead, improve emotionally and intellectually? Jealously, revenge, self-betrayal? I was taunted to move ahead in my career and I did. Yet, a coward decided to contact my new employment and degrade me to my superiors. Of course, anonymous is a the mark of a coward. It does not allow one to confront the accuser. Because of past experience with a stalker and a bully, police reports were completed, and the person who wanted to show power and manipulation will be prosecuted through the legal system. My boundaries were violated and I will no longer be a mere object of someone’s jealous zeal. One aspect of a fast moving snowball is that eventually its speed carries them into a hard stop and it shatters far and wide. So happens to a narcissists who wishes to do harm to another.

Human beings are social creatures and need social interaction, positive feedback, and validation of their worth. Most are happy with the attention they receive through the normal activities of work, school, and play. There are those persons who need additional attention and they get it by behaving inappropriately. It could be due to lowered self-esteem, a lack of self-confidence, low levels of self-love or feeling insecure. Some may seek positive attention by creating situations in which they hope to be praised, thanked or admired. Some seek out attention by always having something to complain about or by being sick in order to gain attention. It could be a sign of exhaustion or a reaction to pressure and stress. If the behavior is persistent more than normal, it can be a sign of an underlying mental health issues.

There is an article by Billi Gordon, PhD, in Psychology Today, that asserts that, “Excessive attention seeking is not a character flaw. It is a brain wiring response to early developmental trauma caused by neglect”. The article does on to describe attention-seeking in terms of brain function with the conclusion that it cannot be fixed but it can be managed.

Attention-seeking behavior inevitably involved other people. Collusion is a great word. Collusion is the secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others. Misery loves company and a coward needs an army to continue in a war of deceit, manipulation, temper tantrum, tattle telling, and “poor me” melodramas of attention seeking behavior also amounts to bullying.

Be the better person taking the higher road of encouragement and compassion. Dig two graves should one want the lower road of anger and revenge. Live your own life and make it one of successes to be reported not a reputation of being a bully, a stalker, or worse, a coward. Because eventually bad acts are revealed and truth prevails.

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

The Fixation

Fixation is an obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something. We experience fixation every day by our cyber bully. She is fixated on my life and me.

When bullying occurs, people often place the blame on the victim. Most of the time they falsely believe that if the victim of bullying were somehow different, then bullying wouldn't happen. Bullying is never the target's fault. They do not need to change or be different in some way to avoid being bullies. Change is always the bully's responsibility.

It can be true that there are some things that can help deter bullying like developing social skills and building self-esteem. There is the harsh truth that anyone can become a victim of bullying. There are a number of reasons why bullies target others. and I realize at this moment, none of the reason's are the victim's fault. Our cyber publicly engages victim blaming and asserts that the victim is bullying her in some way. Her pathology is humorous.

My woman cyber bully declares to the world that I deserve to be bullied even though she began this battle many years ago. She has trouble empathizing with what I have experienced from her and declares her negative and annoying personality traits very well. It is in her mindset to condone bullying and she has every reason to validate her bad behavior.

Many times people will point out what is wrong with the victim rather than recognizing that the real issue lies with the bully and her choices. It took a court case and a judge to direct our bully that her choices were not good and she needed to take accountability for the hurt that she caused. It was important for me to begin learning life skills that are important like resilience, perseverance, and assertiveness. Our bully should have responsibility for her actions and abide by the court orders set in place. She feels that she is above the authority of the law of the land.

Many people will blame the victim of physical bullying for the pain and suffering he endures because he may have done nothing to defend himself. This type of thinking excuses the Bully's behavior. Unfortunately, the same can happen if the victim defends himself. I understand this dilemma because for years I did nothing to defend myself against my bully. Only recently, I have taken a stand. Of course, it has been met with opposition but did I think I would have anything less? I am grateful to my bully for building in me courage, strength, and resilience against her nauseating attacks and feeble attempts to embarrass me! The world is aware of my mistakes but it is all that she has to use against me and even still, it has no more use. The court ruled against her and my support system found the truth about her. She can do no more damage with exception of the death threats. I have taken precautions and left instructions about who to question should something traumatic happen to me.

Mental illness no longer validates bad behavior. There is no excuse for her teases and taunts. I am not the one with the defect yet there is no minimizing what my experience has been and we are sure, will continue to be. Take every precaution, keep log books, and records of the abuse. In the long run, it will assistance in justice.

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Friday, April 19, 2019

Friday Blessings

I work in a school that is in session Monday through Thursday so I have Fridays to do as I wish. Since the weather people stated that it would be a sunny, warm day, I was up early working in our yard. The grass is beginning to get tall. Before Winter of last year, we had the entire (1 acre) yard thatched and fertilized. It has done its work. Our yard will be beautiful! I raked up old leaves and dead branches, tilled two flower beds, tilled an area where our peppers, onions, and tomatoes are being planted and stacked more firewood from a tree that had to be taken down. I had all of this accomplished by the afternoon and made supper for my family.

Each of us have a defined purpose. We learn to develop and use our talents, resources, abilities and passions to held us decide what our purpose is. We may stray a bit and make mistakes along the way but it is our journey alone. When a mean person injects themselves in our journey, it can be frustrating! As I read a public post written by our cyber bully, I laughed and laughed and laughed again. Obviously, she has strayed from her journey in finding her purpose because she is too busy criticizing someone else's.

I found out this evening that my children are coming to a birthday party for me. My ex-husband is even attending! I have a son in the Air Force that has returned to the states for technical training near us and I am elated! I am blessed to have such a thoughtful family who cares and loves me and children who are excited to be with their mother.

With family and a purposeful life, our journey begins to make sense. I have had real peace of mind, joy, fulfillment, and the power to succeed. Using my assets to fulfill my destiny is the salvation to the soul, my family, my community, and to my nation. I am grateful in hard work and perseverance to make my corner of the world comfortable, clean, and secure for those I love and care for. These are incredible blessings to enjoy.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Taunts and Whimperings of a Coward

The word "taunt" means To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner. Today my woman bully (yes, an adult woman who should know better, used such words as:

"People are funny on the internet. Things they would never do in public (where they could be confronted) they do online. My STALKER doesn't drive by my house, she doesn't go to the coffee shop and say some of the crap she does online, she doesn't disguise herself (create fake profiles) to lurk around, but her STALKING online is a daily mess. Online she brags about accomplishments she has never achieved, (she is so cool that sainthood might be in her future) and when nothing else works she attacks my grammar/spelling... And I have learned from her how to spell Temple... Prison... Triple MBA... Sociopath... Pathological Liar.. Split Personality... Convict... Perjury.. Stalker... See you tomorrow"

I am very happy with the post. Isn't it an amazing post? Funny thing is, I do not brag about my accomplishments but my family does! Especially, my father! And he manages one of my businesses! I do not need to disguise myself because I am not ashamed of my past and the great efforts I have made over the past years to accomplish such. She taunts and teases but really it is her that is the daily mess. I have not time to lurk around because I am busy with two employments in the private sector, completing teaching certifications, and enjoying my private businesses. I happily post photos of my incredible life on my Facebook page and she happily blocks me because she feels that if people see what I am really like, she will have to explain why she is spreading gossip and untruth. My accomplishments are posted on my Facebook page and I have a following that has gone through and still going through the journey with me.

You have a couple of ways to deal with this kind of person, and depending on the person, some things might work. In the case of our coward of a bully, the items will not work because she suffers from a mental illness that does not allow her to think rationally and independently. These could be some items that might be of some assistance to you.

Ignore them: This will work with some people. You ignore them, they move on, easy! This may be a little cliche, but it can work. Sometimes. There are some taunters that are a little harder to get rid of. We have one and we love her! Her army of misery is unique.

Taunt back: It is not nice to give someone a taste of their own medicine. If you are confident, quick and

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witty, this may keep them quiet. Otherwise, keep the taunts to yourself. Write truth; write happy thoughts to them.

This is the one to use most; be uninterested. It is like ignoring people. In order to make them lose interest, you need to lose interest first. Make sure they know that they are saying is being heard but you could care less. Respond with boring answers; cool, amazing, totally, good for you, cute, right on, seriously!

Taking the higher road can be as simple as saying a prayer for them, understanding their issues, and making it fun! We do copy her words for court record as she has not complied with the orders of the court. Maybe she can come with my ex-husband to our Easter Brunch since she is best friends with him! Believe me, we have invited him! But this is the nice thing to do with bullies; be simple and be kind!

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Sunday, April 14, 2019

The Bully We Know

Why does our bully bully? Why does she continue in her quest of cyber bullying? It happens for the same reason as any other type of bullying. It is appealing to her because it can be done from a distance. She is a coward and refuses to face me one-on-one. She wants her social fringe of notoriety and fame. She has to convince persons of what she really is not because hurting others makes her feel all powerful and helps her cope with her low self-esteem and to fit in with persons that would otherwise not have her in their lives. She has no empathy and respectability is a word that she can only write but not live. Her actions are a portrayal of her hurt and illness. We understand that she can do jo better than where she is at. She can be depressed and anxious. She has issues with controlling her emotions, impulses, and refuses to follow rules. She refuses to face me because hiding behind a computer screen requires less courage and provides an illusion that she will not get caught. She is a cyber bully because she is ignorant of the consequences, she thinks her actions are normal and socially acceptable especially when she has to have others egg her on and do their dirty work for them.

In all forms, cyber-bullying combine devastating effects of in-person bullying with several added issues unique to its technical format. These factors magnify the feelings of shame and helplessness that the victims experience as a result of any type of bullying. It can be nearly impossible to rid the internet of offensive material that a our bully makes public. Once in cyber space; it is there forever. I have learned to take what she writes as a cry for help, she needs help, and we carry on because those that know us, know the truth. Her smear campaign has bcome a joke; and persons are tired of her rants. She needs to reach a large audience because she cannot work alone. This is a characteristic of a cyber bully; an army of misery is needed.

We have spoken to a woman who has been cyber bullied by a complete stranger and she is bewildered. This person is only thinking that they know her and has no idea of what kind of a beautiful person that she is. This is jealousy and envy. Something beautiful in our new found friend triggered the insecurities and pain of a stranger. The internet makes this possible. Of course, it is a coward that needs the internet to contain in a journey of harassment. Feeble-minded persons who have nothing better to do because if they did, they would be working on their own selves rather then the perception of what they think another person is.

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Saturday, April 13, 2019

When Hate Doesn't Work

Today was a beautiful Saturday filled with love, laughter, and hard work. Spring is here! I have starts in my garage ready for the warmth of soil and the heat of the sun. We have had to delay planting for a while due to cold temperatures and rain. I arise early on Saturdays and start the laundry. Beds need sheets changed, animals need kennel blankets washed, feed bowl and water bowls are run through the dishwasher to heat and sanitize, bathrooms to be cleaned, and vacuuming. I love the feel of a clean home! Clean stalls, clean water buckets, and grain bins refilled. As I settled into some bookkeeping, I was reminded by a friend that my wonderful bully friend was busy at work on the internet.

Women who project body hatred onto other women unknowingly encourage girls and woman who bully another. I wonder what sort of example she is giving to others in her harassment and slander? If I was her child, I would be embarrassed.

Early in puberty, girls may begin to look at one another in an acutely competitive and judgmental manner. This is to feel a form of control over another. The cost of this tactic is high because harsh judgment and cruelty towards another woman is inherently linked to relentless self-scrutiny and panic should one's own flaws be attacked. This is a common tactic for my woman bully as she loves to continue in her revelation of my past mistakes and her attacks are strong through social media and other avenues. She has gained control of my personal information such as social security numbers to acquire such and share with others. My husband's medical bills and medical conditions have been spread to everyone she can. She has paid for background reports yet claims poverty to pay for court fees necessitated when we have to take her into a court of law. Her deep-seed ed need to claim victim and exaggerate fact is common and we understand her dilemma.

Thankfully, the result of abusive behavior by this type of woman falls short of suicide, even though our woman bully faked her own suicide in order to bring attention to her. Many suffer its consequences in intense emotional pain. The more women can stay connected with their actual experiences and less with the rigid expectation of others, the greater their empathy and compassion for other women who may be bound by these same rigid expectations. No one deserves to be stalked and harassed because another person thinks they are superior and the expectation of ownership. When hate doesn't work, our bully has resorted to revenge. She cannot help herself and it will continue because she can.

There is power in being strong and keeping a positive attitude. When I think of the blessings in my life like having my former employer call and ask me to return for the summer because I was a great asset, this is what is important. She did not take this from me; she cannot do what I do. There is no common ground for us because she continues to live in the past and suffer while I am promoting a beautiful and successful life. When my sales and relationships are blooming with hard work and a tenacious spirit. As I care for my husband and stay devoted to him, making sure his needs are taken care of during his illness, there is no comparison. As I care for aging parents who appreciate that I am there for them and serve them as a daughter of God. She cannot not take this from me by stupid words across her social media page that is turning others from her because they understand that she not using clear judgment and no longer care to be involved.

Hate does not work unless we allow it in to our lives. We have a right to empowerment. We have a right to speak and defend ourselves and others who are experiencing the same pain. It is our right; it is my right.

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Friday, April 12, 2019

How To Deal With Mean People

You, with your switchin' sides,
And your walk by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed at my flaws again,
As if I don't already see them.
I walk with my head down,
Trying to block you out cause I'll never impress you ...
~ Taylor Swift

When I hear this song, I think I am emotional because it tells of a kid succeeding despite difficulty. We have a bully, an adult woman who should know better. At first, we attempted avoidance in dealing with unkindness, ignore at all costs, helping she would go away. Sometimes this strategy is neither practical or effective. Fortunately, there are better responses and there are ways of coping against the attacks of a bully. It is important to control the responses when someone does or says something mean. We may not be able to control much of our life circumstance, but, with practice, we an control how we respond to those circumstances. Even though our bully appears high-functioning to the outside world, she is unstable. Her posts of degradation are sloppy, immature, and ugly.

Often we do not want to admit that we are hurt by another person's meanness; we want to let it go without letting it get to us. If we can do this, we are ahead! For awhile, I could. Her battle against us is relentless. We practice self-compassion; we see our bully for the wounded, tiny, and probably threatened. She is a frightened mouse masquerading as a roaring lion.

Fight the fire by sending out loving thoughts to the person or persons that hurt you. Saying a prayer for her makes us feel better and protected. After all, if she was free from her pain and agony, she would stop her harassment. We do not need to be the doormat of her insecurities and pain. The most effective response to meanness is compassion. Where there is meanness, there is a lot of pain, both in the unkind person and for the person on the receiving end of the harassment.

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