Psychological manipulation involves coercive and deceptive tactics to control the behavior of others. Manipulators use tactics such as emotional blackmail and insanity to inspire guilt or foster insecurity in their victims. They often lack empathy and struggle to form lasting relationships.
Psychological manipulation, also known as emotional manipulation, is a form of coercion or persuasion. It can involve brainwashing or bullying and is usually deceptive or abusive in nature. It is usually employed in an attempt to control the behavior of others. He typically uses various forms of abuse, such as emotional blackmail, to force others to do things they may not want to do.
People who engage in this behavior generally use bullying, brainwashing, or mind control tactics to get others to do things for them. Manipulative people may lack adequate sensitivity and caring for others, or they may believe that manipulating others is the best way to get what they want. Manipulative people may be afraid of establishing healthy relationships or of not being accepted. Manipulative behaviors often stem from an inability to accept responsibility for one’s life, problems, and behaviors. Psychological manipulation tactics are often employed in an attempt to shift this responsibility onto others.
Most manipulators use the same mind control tactics to influence others. Emotional blackmail is considered to be one such tactic, where the psychological manipulator tries to inspire guilt or sympathy in the manipulated person. Guilt and sympathy are considered two of the strongest human emotions and are capable of spurring most people to action. Manipulative people often take advantage of this, using guilt or sympathy to force others to help or cooperate with them. They are often able to inspire degrees of guilt or sympathy vastly disproportionate to the situation at hand.
Another tactic used in manipulation is a form of abuse known as insanity. Insanity is usually aimed at fostering insecurity in the manipulated person, to the point that some victims may in fact feel as if they are going insane. Crazy tactics can involve passive-aggressive behavior. A manipulative person might express approval or support verbally, giving contradictory non-verbal cues. Those who use psychological manipulation may even actively try to undermine certain behaviors, all while openly declaring that they support or approve of them. They may employ deception, rationalization, justification, and even outright denial of any bad intentions when confronted with their behavior.
People who practice psychological manipulation often may not fully recognize the needs of others and usually lose the ability to consider or meet the needs of others. They may find it difficult to form lasting relationships and friendships, as others may find it difficult to trust them. It can be difficult for victims to maintain an emotional connection with the manipulative person, who can often appear to put their own problems, needs, and experiences before those of others.
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