how to outsmart a manipulator.

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• AU

  @Aubreybreathes · 6 months ago

  I love acting stupid, too. Never underestimate the power of letting people underestimate you while you gather data

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• KE

  @kerrianne4436 · 1 month ago

  1. never emotionally react <br><br>2. never give a manipulator a right away answer, they pry on people pleasers, they love pressure. it’s control. SLOW DOWN!!!<br><br>3. make a manipulator repeat themselves about anything that seems shady, play stupid, make them explain things <br><br>4. agree but don’t submit. don’t argue<br><br>5. be vague and short <br><br>6. change the game. stay logical. don’t act on ur emotional reaction<br><br>7. watch patterns NOT the words. it hurts but it’s important. ACTIONS are LOUDER than words.

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• WI

  @witmer9472 · 3 months ago

  Silence with clear eye contact is the KEY. Let your body language speak for you.

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• MA

  @Markclark-od7kw · 5 months ago

  Never Emotionally React. !!!!!!!!!!

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• 3X

  @3xoticx · 6 months ago

  Don’t understand. Walk away. Leave.

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• UR

  @UrBestieJF · 6 months ago

  TYSM! You are actually our OLDER SIS! Who else agrees? &lt;333

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• YO

  @YourOrganizedAuntie · 6 months ago

  Holy cow, the way you said “how to outsmart a manipulator” unlocked a memory I’ve been trying to forget because whew, I once dated a man who could manipulate a GPS, and one day I caught myself arguing with him about something I never even said, and my brain went “Luise, girl, what on earth are you doing,” so I sat myself down like a disappointed auntie and said “Alright… enough,” and that’s when I learned the golden rule: manipulators hate clarity the way toddlers hate bedtime. The moment you start asking simple questions like “What exactly do you mean,” “When did I say that,” or my personal favorite, “Hmm, interesting… can you repeat that,” they malfunction like a cheap robot in the rain. And oh my goodness, the day I tried it, the man blinked so hard I thought he was sending Morse code. That’s when I realized outsmarting a manipulator isn’t about being aggressive, it’s about staying calm, factual, and slightly unbothered, because manipulators thrive on confusion, guilt, and emotional fog, and the second you communicate with clean, boring, adult sentences, they lose their superpowers. Now whenever someone tries to twist my words, I just sip my tea, tilt my head like a confused parrot, and say “Right… let’s stick to what actually happened,” and suddenly they’re scrambling while I’m floating in peace like a productivity monk who finally figured out life.

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• DA

  @DavidMichaels-q5d · 2 months ago

  I personally don&apos;t attempt to outsmart them, I just have nothing to do with them. I don&apos;t let them into my world. My life is a drama-free zone. Life is too short for all that crap.

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• HE

  @HeartWritesInc2021 · 6 months ago

  Great point about playing stupid. Play a fool to catch one. <br><br>Never argue or fight or reveal any/too much info to them bcs it could backfire or they use your info against you. Act with your actions or distance. They either want attention and/ or to get you to play into their motive or possibly sabotage you.

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• AN

  @anaveljkovic6181 · 2 months ago

  She is right about everything.

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• MR

  @MrRiseAgain · 6 months ago

  Crazy how it was never “miscommunication”… just quiet manipulation. The second you recognize it, everything shifts 👀

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• US

  @user-m7w4q · 6 months ago

  I wanna become like you in my late 20s<br>Smart. Intelligent. Hot. Genius

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