Manipulative behavior refers to a person's use of gaslighting, love bombing, and other behaviors used to gain power or influence over another. These relational tactics often damage another person's ...

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Emotional manipulators tend to benefit from having a sense of emotional intelligence without the added social and internal burdens of compassion or empathy. According to a study from the SAGE Open ...

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"Manipulative behavior can be described as one person attempting to influence another’s emotions to produce a desired reaction or outcome," explains Anisha Patel-Dunn, DO, therapist and Chief Medical ...

Psychological manipulation can be defined as the utilization of undue power (social, relational, familial, sexual, financial, professional, etc.) for the purpose of benefiting the manipulator at the ...

“There are those whose primary ability is to spin wheels of manipulation. It is their second skin and without these spinning wheels, they simply do not know how to function.” ― C. JoyBell C ...

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Most people can agree they have encountered manipulative individuals at least once in their lifetime. Whether deceitful bosses or conniving false friends, these individuals seem to dedicate themselves ...

In my last post, I wrote about communication (thereby engaging in something of a meta-communication), making the rather worrisome point that in the natural world—which includes our own—there is little ...