The Subtle Relationship Manipulations You’re Probably Missing
Feeling stuck or controlled in your relationships? You’re probably missing these subtle (and toxic) manipulative behaviors.
by E.B. Johnson
Are you being manipulated in your relationship? It’s not always easy to tell when we are being pushed around. Some partners use more subtle tactics than others to get what they want out of their partners, and we end up being the victims. Waking up is the only way we can free ourselves, but that means facing some pretty nasty behaviors that have been targeted to hurt and control us.
The subtle relationship manipulations you’re missing.
Before you discount manipulation as a part of your relationship, note these behaviors. It’s not always about screaming and creating emotional injury. Some manipulators are more skilled than others, and wear us slowly down into submission through a lack of emotional integrity and an insistence on their own way.
Lack of emotional integrity
Relationships require emotional integrity to thrive. What’s emotional integrity? Frankly, it’s the ability to be emotionally honest in your relationship and with your partner…
