Tess Binder

He knows just when to shed a tear to suit his needs or lose himself in a fit of rage

A psychopathic manipulator needs to satisfy his need for power and control. Manipulators with narcissistic personality disorder manipulate to satisfy their need for approval, admiration and attention. Even people without serious psychological disorders occasionally use manipulation to get what they want as well. They do not care about how their pursuit for personal gain may affect the other person. They are willing to go all out to attain their goal. Deception constitutes a very entertaining game for them

Eventually, they will use the personal information you shared with them to hurt or manipulate you

What this means is that you are being conditioned through the negative reinforcers the manipulator deliberately introduces

They play the blame game with expertise

The covert aggressive manipulator may say: “You are always making me do things that you want to do. I never even get to do anything that I like!” or “you drove me to it!”

. If you have a headache, they will have a brain tumor! They have a way of turning conversations around and putting the spotlight back on themselves

Emotional manipulators portray themselves as innocent victims of circumstances or someone else’s behavior. They do this to elicit sympathy and evoke compassion

They play on people’s emotions (either of their partner or outsiders) by playing the role of victim. If they sense that you respond to guilt easily, then the tactics will be to try to make you feel guilty. For instance, they will say “I feel embarrassed for you whenever I see you play with Annie’s kids as though they were ours – and it’s all because you’ve never had children”

This person knows just when to change the subject when conversations become unfavorable for him. He may go round and round in circles, lie or talk about something else entirely