@eladn.bsky.social Basic psychology: the closer you are to the victim, the deeper the pain. Usually the victims are strangers to the anchors, tragic, but distant. When a close friend gets publicly executed, the emotional impact is on an entirely different level. That’s not hypocrisy, but grief.

Turns out I was just the next chapter in her tragedy play.
Solution: Victims seek villains. Protect yourself with contracts. Sympathy doesn’t pay bills. Get prepaid when you smell drama.
Have you met a Victim Client before? Share your story below.

#1 The Victim
Small boutique owner.
Spent three hours telling me how every designer (and other guys) before me betrayed her.
“I just need someone honest… only you can save me. You're my last hope!”
After I finished her site: silence. No payment. Ghosted. 2/3