5 signs of a manipulator

world breaker
2 min readOct 2, 2021

Do you find it fascinating at how some people seem always to get their way?
These are people with highly manipulative tendencies. They can be hard to identify because they employ relatively innocent tactics. Here are five signs of a manipulator.

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1st, They are often not intimidating or threatening. one reason they can get away with whatever they want is that they are charming and charismatic. People don’t take crap from people they don’t like. People don’t do favors for people they don’t like.

2nd manipulators assume people are naturally evil. This gives them the green light for doing whatever they want. They will do what’s best for them, not you. They will rarely visit you unless they get something out of it.

3rd manipulators will embellish. When they tell a story, you will only hear it from their perspective. It will sound a lot worst than what happened. Because of the nature of a manipulator, you will likely believe them unless you know for a fact what really happened.

4th they use passive-aggressiveness to sway their point of view to theirs. Something you should know is their often self-obsessed. If their lies come out to all their friends, they will panic and freak out their world will collapse all around them.

5th, They most likely have a personality disorder. Even if they haven’t been diagnosed with a behavior disorder, it doesn’t mean they don’t have one. If you have cancer, but you don’t know it. It doesn’t mean you don’t have it. If you have a toxic person in your life, you should get rid of them no matter how long you have known them.

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