8 ways to spot Emotional Manipulation
Nov 27, 2014Tumblr post from Consciously Contradictory on looking for people who are engaging in emotional manipulation.
Summary of Rules:
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When dealing with an emotional blackmailer TRUST your gut. TRUST your senses. Once an emotional manipulator finds a successful maneuver - it’s added to their hit list and you’ll be fed a steady diet of this shit.
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When an emotional manipulator says “yes”, make them accountable for it. Do not buy into the sighs and subtleties. If they don’t want to do it, make them tell you [so] up front.
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Saying one thing and later assuring you they did not say it.
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Guilt. Emotional manipulators are excellent guilt mongers.
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Emotional manipulators fight dirty. They don’t deal with things directly.
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One-ups-manship – if you have a headache, they have a brain tumour. No matter what your situation is, the emotional manipulator has been (or is) there, but ten times worse.
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Emotional manipulators have the ability to impact the emotional [state] of those around them.
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Emotional manipulators have no sense of accountability