TEN SNEAKY WAYS PEOPLE MANIPULATE YOU.

1. LOVE BOMBING: flooding with affection to gain control.

2. GASLIGHTING: Making your doubt your reality.

3. SILENT TREATMENT: Ignoring you to make you feel guilty.

4. GUILT TRIPPING: Making you feel responsible for their emotions.

5. PLAYING THE VICTIM: Always being the one who is wronged.

6. FUTURE FAKING: Promising a future that never comes.

7. TRIANGULATION: Using others to make you jealous.

8. BLAME SHIFTING: Turning the table to make you the problem.

9. WITHHOLDING AFFECTION: Using love as a weapon.

10. MINIMIZING FEELINGS: Dismissing your reactions as over reacting.

Be mindful of manipulative people who paint themselves as victims, blame others, and refuse to take any responsibility for their wrongdoing. Don’t buy into their stories. Showing sympathy for them plays into their hand.. 🖐🏽