6 Signs That You Are Being Manipulated In Your Relationship

What is Manipulation in a relationship?

If someone consistently makes you feel emotionally drained, anxious, fearful, or doubtful of your own needs, thoughts, and feelings, you may be dealing with emotional manipulation. Follow your gut instinct when it comes to recognizing what is happening.

How to recognise manipulative behavior?

It you are having any or all of the following experience with your partner:

Gaslighting

If you are experiencing that your partner is vying on you. It is manipulating someone using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity or powers of reasoning.

Passive-Aggressive Behavior

If you are unable to express negative feelings to your partner rather than openly discussing them. This happens because there is a lack of connect between the two of you.

Lying and Blaming

Lying and blaming also are a form of manipulation where you might be made to believe something which is not true. Being on the receiving end of blame can be exhausting, exasperating and painful.

Threats and Coerciveness

Taking away or destroying your mobile, tablet or laptop, car, or even the children away to manipulate or intimidate you comes under threats and coerciveness and these lead to establishing to control and authority.

Withdrawal and Withholding

Using pressure-tactics like sulking; threatening to withhold money, disconnecting the phone and internet is withholding. Whereas, refusing to share your thoughts or feelings, giving the silent treatment, or avoiding intimate conversations leads to tremendous emotional damage to the victim.

Isolation

Isolation results from actions that control a persons activities and social interactions. Abusers try to influence where their victims go and who they communicate with. It is a severe form of control which we often fail to recognise.