Tag: emotional blackmail
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5 Signs of a Guilt Trip to Never Ignore
A guilt trip is a form of indirect communication that creates feelings of guilt or discomfort in the recipient. They are common in close relationships where each party cares about the other’s emotions. The manipulative tactic can be performed in other, more distant relationships but are less likely to incite guilt in either party successfully.…
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5 Ways to Tell If Your Partner Turned You Into An Emotional Hostage
It’s one thing to be captivated by love, but it’s quite another matter to be held as an emotional hostage. Such a toxic relationship can be damaging physically, mentally, and spiritually. Unfortunately, you may overlook the subtle clues until you’re bound in the shackles of emotional abuse. What does it mean to be held hostage…
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10 Signs Someone Is Trying to Blackmail You
Blackmail is a heavy word. Luckily, this crime isn’t committed very often against regular, everyday folk – but emotional blackmail is. Emotional blackmail is a fairly straightforward concept. It involves getting someone under your control through the use of psychological manipulation and mind games. The problem with this kind of blackmail is how subtle it…