Categories of Manipulative

Treat Manipulative people not as villains but rather patients.

Hey loves, and Welcome back to Joi’s Journey of Perception,

In this post and chapter of the book, you may feel triggered, but you need to know the tactics Narcissists use. Update that list of red flags to avoid, just so you can protect yourself. If you haven’t read any posts before this, I suggest you do so first so you can catch up.

Crazy Making

The goal is to make anyone crazy. Even the calmest person can’t take it. This behavior includes blames shifting, denial, gaslighting, stonewalling, deflection, lies, and so much more.

Distructive

This is relationship destroying behavior. This person may have a lack of accountability. A lot of financial problems begin under this category. Another way they manipulate you is they will end the relationship out of nowhere. Bruh, my ex did this all the time.

Dangerous

The behavior is at a different level. This person usually has a temper and uses violence to get their way. A lot of these situations end in murder.

Manipulative people do not understand the concept of Boundaries. They are relentless in their pursuit of what they want and they have no regard for who gets hurt along the way.

3 Ways Manipulation Happens

hit and run: Bullies and scammers have this approach. This approach involves confusing behavior.

hot and cold: Everything is fine one moment then escalate. It’s usually if the victim disagrees with the abusers.

slow and steady: Take their time to build relationships. It’s hard to let these people go.

REFLECT

After reading this chapter, I realize how sneaky the person who abused me was. I did not see it coming because he was so charming. He would use mental health or religion to justify behavior. Like, and idiot I believed him, because I mean, who would lie about stuff like that?

What do you all think? Have you ever had someone use these tactics on you? Let me know below! Also, like, comment, share, and follow!