Feral Power Begins Here: Facing the Victim and Predatory Patterns Within

We talk a lot about people who manipulate, distort, or drain power. But far fewer people talk about the manipulations we justify in ourselves. Many of us carry a well-practiced Victim pattern—we lead with helplessness, fragility, or innocence when what’s really happening is a subtle play for control. And we can also carry Predatory impulses—the urge to dominate, spin, or take power through distortion.

These two forces often feed each other. Victim energy and Predatory energy are entangled. They both disconnect us from truth. They both create confusion in the field. And most people have both alive in them—running unconscious, running fast, running the show.

Before we talk about restoring Feral Power, we need to get honest about what we’re actually doing—energetically, relationally, and somatically—when distortion is in the room. This is the first step. Not fixing. Not confronting. Just seeing.

The Two Distorted Currents We Must Face

Victim	Predatory
Manipulates through helplessness, guilt, or moral pressure	Manipulates through dominance, seduction, or emotional aggression
Says “you hurt me” to gain power or control the other person	Says “you’re weak” to stay above the vulnerability of true contact
Avoids responsibility by emphasizing harm	Avoids vulnerability by emphasizing superiority
Uses fragility or innocence to deflect accountability	Uses charisma, certainty, or force to bypass consent or clarity

Neither of these roles tells the full truth. And both can be masked with good intentions, spiritual language, or “trauma healing” narratives.

Subtle Signs You’re in Distortion

These aren’t dramatic. They’re familiar.

• You narrate their motives instead of asking: “They don’t care.” “They just want to control me.” You’re having a relationship by yourself.

• You get a hit of pleasure or power from being right or righteous: The “gotcha” feeling. The micro-satisfaction of their shame. This is Victim becoming Predatory.

• You collapse into helplessness when challenged: Even if the challenge is clean. This is the Victim energy protecting itself with a fog of overwhelm.

Feral Power Practice: Prioritize Your Root

Feral Power doesn’t require purity—it requires clarity. And clarity begins in the root.

When you feel the tilt—whether Victim or Predatory—pause. Drop your awareness down. Feel the weight of your own body. Anchor into the Deeper Intelligence beneath the pattern.

From that root:

• Ask: “What am I doing with my energy right now?”

• Ask: “What am I trying to get?”

• Ask: “Am I willing to see my part without collapsing or justifying?”

You’re not looking for blame. You're practicing the cultivation of accurate perception. 

An Invitation for This Week

Track one moment each day when:

• You narrate someone else’s motives without asking

• You make yourself smaller to be safe or to punish

• You feel the impulse to educate, dominate, or steer
  

Name it: Victim distortion. Predatory impulse. Don’t fix it. Just name it.

Each act of naming is a return to contact. And Feral Power begins there. Want to go deeper?  Feral Power I: Staying Rooted in the Face of Predation is the first in a four-part live series on relational clarity, energetic truth, and the sacred function of power. We start where distortion lives—in us. This class is for those ready to face the tangle directly. Learn More 

Or explore the full arc: Four live classes, one initiatory current. Each builds on the last—take one or take them all. Learn about the Feral Power Series.