Emotional Manipulation Tactics

“The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.”

Inability To Say No: you find it hard to say no to them. It’s virtually impossible even if it is the right thing to do

Obligations.: You feel you owe them for loving you or for being in your life. You constantly feel grateful and obligated to them

You feel guilty. You think you are not being a good person and that it’s your entire fault. Even while you are relaxed and idle, you feel guilty that you aren’t using that time to please them in some way

keep asking for more

Expectations Grow: Your partner wants more from you every time. No matter what you do or how much love you show, they

You Justify Your Actions: You find yourself justifying your actions every time and still end up convincing yourself that it is you who do these favor freely without being manipulated

Your Relationship Feel Very Complex: you even find it hard to explain your relationship to friends and family, telling them that it's just “complicated"

How could you think that of me??!” they will often ask. "You could never do...", "If you loved me..." etc. To a manipulator, anything is open to guilt or can be used as guilt. All a manipulator has to do is suggest to the conscientious person that they don't care enough, are too selfish, etc., and that person immediately starts to feel bad and will do whatever it takes to lessen the feelings of guilt.

Anger is his way of covertly training you to avoid confrontation and be subservient. You wouldn’t want to confront, contradict and upset him while he displays this feigned or exaggerated anger.