Fear is, above all, one of the oldest and most valuable tools a living creature has, because its task is to protect us and, in a moment of crisis, to literally save our life. The difficulty begins at the moment when the same mechanism switches on in situations where no real danger is waiting.

Emotional Blackmail. Its core is a situation where one person transfers responsibility for their own feelings onto someone else. If the other person fails to meet their expectations, they systematically use guilt, obligation or fear against them to literally force compliance through these feelings.

The Dark Triad is one of the most significant psychological concepts. It describe three distinct but interconnected personality traits that share a common core: cold-bloodedness, manipulation, and the use of others for personal gain.

Lise Bourbeau describes five basic types of these wounds in her work: rejection, abandonment, humiliation, betrayal, and injustice. Each of these wounds has its own specific structure and comes with typical defense strategies.

The impulse to help is rooted deep within us. It was born in times when the survival of one was inseparable from the survival of the whole. Helping was an instinct, a way to keep the tribe, the family, the community alive.