Bullies come in any shape and size... and from anywhere.

Including our own self-critical internal monologue(occasional dialogue?) It is a facet of life that might simply be a product of its own nature. A bully might only exist because non-bully targets also exist. There would be a natural hierarchy of coexistence defined by the scale from submissiveness to dominance. We all fall somewhere in that spectrum and even change somewhat fluidly as the situations, emotional states, environments(social and otherwise) create or deny the space for such to exist within us. I know myself to be very stubborn, even combative about some things, but I am also as easy to push over as an inverted pyramid when I or the people I love are vacant of threat or ominous danger. I feel that I have been pushed into my stubborn mode of operation lately and I hope I am able to navigate through it without incident or malicious intent, despite my protective response thus far. I wonder how long this situation will drag on.