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30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control In Personal Relationships
Adelyn Birch
3.62 AVERAGE
9 reviews for:
30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control In Personal Relationships
Adelyn Birch
3.62 AVERAGE
i am free! this book helped me to see what i saw but refused to see. omg, it's so hard to recognise a skilled pathological manipulator when i am drugged by the intermittent reinforcement dance of polarities, love-fear. thank you Adelyn for helping me to protect my precious energy! i am forever thankful ❤️
“How someone responds to your emotions and perceptions will indicate how much they respect you, how much they care about you and your feelings, how capable they are of empathy and intimacy, and how much they are trying to change or control you.”
informative
fast-paced
I read this to learn how to avoid being emotionally manipulated from frenemies and professional situations.
It was interesting reading about specific examples of invalidation, the aggressor finding a way to paint themselves as the victim, using intensity as a substitute for intimacy, etc.
It was interesting reading about specific examples of invalidation, the aggressor finding a way to paint themselves as the victim, using intensity as a substitute for intimacy, etc.
It's a crash course pamphlet on manipulation tactics and how abuse works, nothing more, nothing less. Definitely useful for someone who has a very limited amount of time, is in an emergency, or would just like something on hand and easy to flip through to remember these issues as they happen.
I removed a star due to the fact that it makes the common mistake of over-attributing manipulation to personality disorders (not all character-disordered people necessarily have a diagnosable issue), and because it is hastily put together and results in some typos here and there. Other than that though, it's pretty solid for what it is.
Like I said, it's equivalent to like a PSA pamphlet someone would hand you on the street, and when held to that standard, it's pretty good. Would recommend having on hand for ease of reference, but definitely don't stop here if you want to learn more about abuse, manipulation, and toxic psychology in depth.
I removed a star due to the fact that it makes the common mistake of over-attributing manipulation to personality disorders (not all character-disordered people necessarily have a diagnosable issue), and because it is hastily put together and results in some typos here and there. Other than that though, it's pretty solid for what it is.
Like I said, it's equivalent to like a PSA pamphlet someone would hand you on the street, and when held to that standard, it's pretty good. Would recommend having on hand for ease of reference, but definitely don't stop here if you want to learn more about abuse, manipulation, and toxic psychology in depth.
informative
slow-paced
Repetitive and basic. A few of things mentioned here as manipulation tactics are too obvious-to-know or something that you can't even term as a tactic. There were at most 5-6 points and the rest were just those exact points with different words. A few of the advices are actually appreciative but overall, it's not such a good book.
Basic, but probably handy to have by. THAT SAID, it does the thing where it blames consistent patterns of abusive behaviour on personality disorders. This is really common in this kind of analysis, and I hate it - not least because many states pathologised as 'personality disorders' are caused by protracted abuse! When we can locate the problem in the behaviour rather than the perceived character, I think we will be better able to resist abuse - because everyone is capable of doing it.
A concise depiction of tactics used to manipulate others. Well worth reading.