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I'm going to talk a little about manipulation. These are all examples of manipulative behavior.
Making someone believe you love them, then saying you never did, is shitty gaslighting. It makes them question what they know, it can rip them apart.
Giving the silent treatment whenever you disagree, makes the other person think they're the problem, it lets their anxiety run wild, and you are making them hide their opinions because losing you is worse than losing themself.
The "poor me" routine. My parents are dicks, I have no money, my colleagues are jerks, I have no friends, won't you love me because nobody else will?
It gets steadily worse and worse, you have this person answering your every whim. Sometimes they start to crack, but you make sure to patch those up to keep them near.
Eventually they break down and say they need space to think. But you know that if you allow this space, they might realise how fucked up the situation is. So suddenly it's not the silent treatment, it's a bombardment of messages, demanding their attention NOW.
To then turn on them, and convince them they're the manipulator, that's possibly the worst of all. They apologise and promise to get better, for you, to make up for all the manipulation they must've performed. But you refuse their apology, make them believe they're a bad person.
When all along it was you.
I've left this so only my moots can reply, but feel free to quote RT to share your opinions. I want to keep this thread as clear as possible
