Every Manipulation Technique & How To Combat It Explained

So I put a certain friend in my mind, and thought about how he fits with these tactics, all of them, well except for maybe 1 or 2

I watched this video so I can avoid doing this to others in the future.

Never related to a video much more

The isolation seed is the one that sneaks up on people.
It never starts with "don't talk to them." It starts with
"your friends don't really get you." One sentence at a time
until they're the only one left.

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lol just like how this video manipulated everyone with its chatgpt speech increasing the time length of the video

you forgot cohesion

I need to watch this every week 😅

GOOD

Once any of these bullshit patterns is brought to my attention I know what’s up and give them the reality of what they did wrong and go on about my day afterwards
This is why I don’t like being around ppl just in general ( 2026 )

11:19 bro it's Karen method 😂😂😂

Your defense tactics are not in-depth enough, it’s too vague.

What makes these patterns effective isn't psychology jargon,it's repetition. People slowly adjust to behavior they'd reject if it happened all at once.

Thank you for learning me how to manipulate people. 🙂😄

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Wow great thing I decided to watch manipulation tactics because my supposed “bestie” uses all of this against me. Also many other people, main one they use is triangulation and gaslighting but mainly triangulation.

Right ❤❤❤

Oh my gosh i just realised someone did the DARVO on me but idk what it's called and not sure if they're manipulating me. Cuz i opened up smthing that we have to talk abt or even need to fix, and then the story started to flip into them turning into a victim.

pov you realize you have been manipulated by your parent all these years 😀

I will be silent when someone give me silent treatment.

Yep, the white knight is most of our career politicians. They create the crisis, then offer the solution. Like the mafia.

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Very good explanation. Did not know all of them but have met some ! Have just found your channel and subscribed. Best wishes for future.

Manipulation loses its power the moment you recognize it. Trust yourself, protect your peace, and never be afraid to set boundaries.

Intension makes difference betweeen manipulation vs acting normal.

I love how everyone in the comments are identified as the 'victims' of these manipulations, but the ugly truth is that majority are manipulators on some level (conscious or unconscious) otherwise the world would be much better place 😂

This made me overthink and don't act always without knowing what would happen

The type of shit i watch before playing among us with da boys:

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Pov : You finished watching Classroom of the Elite

How it is possible that God loves us..

This year I was in 7th grade. I met a person who I was friends with for at least 8 months this year. She did 6 things on this list. Even love bombing me but not romantically. She started making one of my best friends feel awful about herself. She started making me seem like a jerk to everyone else. She made me feel understood but in the end it was extremely uncomfortable for me. I knew she knew what she was doing to me and the fact that another human would do that to me is genuinely insane

Also if you are repeatedly angry, frustrated and fed up and the partner senses this and withdrawals out of fear, anxiety, and pressure and you tell them it’s is because of them you feel this way when it actually is…are you the bad guy? The aggressor? The manipulator? If you have to be aware for them because they don’t see it on their own is it a sign your own perception is flawed ? If they seem to only care about their personal comfort and only throw up “boundaries” to keep things convenient to them and you call their boundaries selfish. Are you guilt tripping???

If someone repeatedly “unintentionally” said remarks that hurt. Repeatedly avoided when you needed them. Repeatedly offered and withdrew FAVORS due to “boundaries” or life circumstances and you express how that made you feel and they set a “boundary” for you to stop. And you refuse at times because you want to finish expressing yourself. Are you abusive? For “breaking” someone’s boundaries ? If a subject has been a point of conflict and you know how it can be resolved. Through education and communication even if the conversation gets difficult or uncomfortable and the other individual involved sets a “boundary” to stop talking about it or to not educate themselves on the subject and you fight this as you know it will result in more conflict later as the subject went unresolved and the other individual lacks knowledge on the subject matter are you abusive for fighting their boundary ? Are you narcissistic for thinking this is what truly happened ? Are you manipulative for asking others and putting the story your way ? Knowing it often results in the same response such as pity and people agreeing with you? Is everyone agreeing a sign u were right all along or a sign you are the manipulator ? I tbink this topics are much more complex than the video leads. The video sounds like bullet points being red from a general psychology article. But real life situations and circumstances become more complex and require deeper examination

Anyone feel free to correct me if I am wrong but hmo. If someone has a warped view of a situation due to lack of awareness, naïveté, or denial. And you attempt to present an objective reality and they feel bad about it and you defended yourself did you manipulate? Are you the Socio or narc for thinking your reality was the true reality? But what if it really was/is? Are you gaslighting?? If someone frequently says things that hurt unintentionally, offer favors and withdrawals due to life circumstances or changing their minds and you express how you feel about that. If they have empathy and feel guilty and give you said offer did you guilt trip them?? If they offered something again and circumstance or change of kind happened again and you express how that made you feel and they stay adamant with their “no” but they feel ever so slightly guilty and feel the need to ward off your emotional expressions because they feel guilt from you expressing how that made you feel. Are you guilt tripping them? If triangulation involves a therapist and other friends and even parents and siblings who all have unanimous opinions on an objective story and that story is brought to the attention of a partner for validity is that manipulation??? If the answer is “well intent matters, intent is what makes all this manipulation” can the other individual also be doing this to you “unintentionally” due to lack of self awareness? And if you continue to aggressively point it all out to the partner due to not being able to take it anymore ? Are you the abuser ?

Answer this. How am I supposed to do this when there are multiple types of manipulation involved that have solutions that contradict each other

Honestly I've gaslighted and love bombed without noticing... .. I'm sorry 😢

This video is the reason dumb folks eating outta the palm of my hand. As a master manipulator, I'm very grateful for this. And YES! IT DOES WORK.

As for traingularion, I say if everyone agrees then join them and l walk away. Most liberating feeling ever.

isn't gaslighting kind of unfalsifiable? if you're wrong and someone disagrees, you could always just claim that they're gaslighting

triangulation imo is the worst of these…especially when it’s your mom + family vs you. traumatic, to say the least.

This was a great video that did a good job articulating the general directional about how these concepts would be defined and materialized.

However, I would argue we need to make sure not to villainize people who use these tactics. For starters, lots of the time it’s compulsive or subconscious with its true intentionality to be self protection and a subjective sense of control to boost their own self-esteem and you are just the externalization. Even if you don’t agree with my exact cause-and-effect relationship, the salient locus of control shifts from a character evaluation to a psychological one, and I think that’s what’s most important. By doing this you also grow in wisdom, which allows you to be less susceptible to feeling subjectively and emotionally influenced by these tactics.

I would also say to some degree it can be self-serving. If your mother or girlfriend gaslight you, then people will rhetorically use that to resolve themselves from responsibility in relationship relationships, even though the burden of interpretation works both ways. You can’t just say “I’m the good guy You’re the bad guy” and use this as a pseudo evidence for that perspective.

just realised ive used all of these tactics atleast once lol but its not something i should be blamed for, afterall i adapted these as survival traits and i also have faced the worst type of manipulation