How do you outsmart a manipulative?

6 ways to disarm a manipulator Postpone your answer. Don't give them an answer on the spot. ... Question their motivations. Manipulators often hide their real motivations because they don't like to take responsibility for their own actions and behaviors. ... Show disinterest. ... Impose boundaries. ... Keep your self-respect. ... Apply fogging.

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To disarm a manipulator, postpone your answer to give yourself time to ponder, question their intent, look disinterested by not reacting, establish boundaries and say no firmly, maintain your self-respect by not apologizing when they blame you for their problems, and apply fogging to acknowledge any mistakes and end the conversation. If you have a good nature, pleasant and are easy going it is quite likely you are often a victim of manipulation without even knowing it. This doesn’t mean you should stop being a caring and nice person. It just means you need to protect yourself from intended or unintended exploitation from others. If you don’t understand what manipulation looks like then it is harder to identify when it happens to you. When someone uses a manipulative technique on you and they get what they want, they will most likely use the technique again and again on you in the future. The manipulator often doesn’t understand he or she is behaving manipulatively. Often it is not even manipulation but natural human behavior that may result in you acting against your interests. On the other hand, you might not be aware when you are inadvertently manipulative with others. These behaviors are not necessarily the reflection of bad nature of the other person. However, it is our responsibility to establish our personal limits.

The Trojan Horse

The Trojan horse is a famous Greek story about how Greeks manipulated Trojans to win the war. The war between Trojans and Greeks had been going on for a decade and the Greeks were not successful. But then the Greeks had an idea. Since horses were sacred to Trojans, the Greeks built a large beautiful hollow wooden horse made from a wood that was considered sacred to the Trojans. They left the horse outside the gates of Troy as a peace gift to admit defeat to the Trojans and give an offering to Athena, the goddess of war. Some of the Greek army men hid inside the horse while others pretended to leave the area. The Trojans found the horse and took it inside city gates as a symbol of their victory over the Greeks. They celebrated and went to bed. In the middle of the night, the Greek army emerged from the Trojan horse, killed the guards, and opened the doors to the guarded Trojan city so that the rest of the Greek army could come in. They massacred the Trojans from inside their city and finally won the war. The term “Trojan horse” is now associated with deceptive subversion introduced from the outside, like manipulators often do. The lesson of the Trojan horse myth is to be suspicious of large random gifts from people you don’t have a good relationship with. It could be an attempt to manipulate you into their goals without your consent.

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