Views: 2Learn how to identify and overcome triangulation abuse in interpersonal relationships with these practical tips and strategies from a professional relationship counselor. Introduction: Interpersonal relationships can be a source of great joy, but they can also be fraught with challenges. One of the most insidious of these challenges is triangulation abuse. Triangulation occurs when...Continue reading
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Overcoming Passive Aggression: Strategies for Better Relationships
Views: 2Passive aggression is a toxic behavior that can harm relationships and mental health. Learn how to identify, overcome, and improve communication for healthier relationships. Introduction Interpersonal relationships are complex and require constant effort from both parties involved. In some cases, one person may resort to passive aggression as a way to cope with their...Continue reading
Overcoming Threats in Interpersonal Relationships: Strategies to Protect Yourself from Manipulation
Views: 2Identify overcoming threats in interpersonal relationships. Set boundaries, avoid engaging, and seek support to protect yourself from manipulation. Introduction to Overcoming Threats In Interpersonal Relationships. In today’s complex world, the prevalence of manipulation and threats in interpersonal relationships is a harsh reality many individuals face. These tactics are often employed by manipulators to assert...Continue reading
Love Bombing: Signs, Strategies, and How to Overcome It
Views: 2Learn what love bombing is, how it works, and how to recognize and overcome it. Definition of Love Bombing: Love bombing is a manipulative tactic used by an individual, typically in the early stages of a romantic relationship, to gain control and power over their partner. It involves showering the partner with excessive attention,...Continue reading
Overcoming the Silent Treatment: Strategies to Stop Emotional Abuse
Views: 1Learn how to overcome the harmful effects of the silent treatment, a manipulative form of emotional abuse. The silent treatment is a form of emotional abuse where one person deliberately ignores or withholds communication from the other person as a means of control or punishment. It is often used as a tool of manipulation...Continue reading
Gaslighting: A Manipulative Emotional Abuse
Views: 4Gaslighting is when you are Emotionally Manipulated to doubt one’s feelings, perceptions, and memories. What is Gaslighting? Gaslighting is a form of emotional manipulations [abuse] in which a person manipulates another person by making them doubt their own perception of reality. This can occur in many different types of relationships, such as romantic relationships, friendships,...Continue reading
Guilt Tripping
Views: 0Guilt tripping is an emotionally manipulative tactic and blackmail tool. Introduction Guilt tripping is a manipulative tactic in which one person tries to make another person feel guilty for not doing something they want or for doing something they disapprove of. It is a form of emotional blackmail that can cause feelings of guilt,...Continue reading
Manipulation in Relationships: Examples and FAQs
Views: 2In today’s musing, I will be sharing my thoughts on the vexatious issue of manipulation in relationships which I started yesterday with a muse on Manipulations Everywhere: Are you a victim? Introduction Having identified the many contexts in which manipulation occurs; the social context with specific emphasis on interpersonal relationships is of enormous interest...Continue reading