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shaylen: 9 months ago

Is manipulation a form/type of emotional abuse?

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RainingStar: 9 months ago via iPhone

Like almost everything in human relationships, it's about your attitude in doing so. A parent may make teaching a child to clean his room seem like fun and games, so while it's manipulative it certainly isn't abusive. On the other hand a husband who lowers his wife's self esteem by endlessly finding error in everything she does is being both manipulative and abusive.
Heck, even loving and catering to someone so much that that can't function without that help is abusive. It's not a black and white thing.

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shaylen: 9 months ago

Ok, thanks for your answer.

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Cjkenkel: 9 months ago

I do believe it would/could be classified in the same category. Yes.

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blonde77: 9 months ago

Yes, but it depends on the situation too.

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aaronfultonjr: 9 months ago via iPhone

Anything that can play on your emotions can be fatal and abusive.

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Tjy1212: 9 months ago via iPhone

Depending on the situation, manipulation can be as simple as being pressured in to doing something you don't want to do. Manipulation in other circumstances may not be though.

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glawson3073: 9 months ago

No its a way of making some-one act the way you want them to, just like religion.

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shaylen: 9 months ago

Wouldn't that be abuse though? It's control.

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shaylen: 9 months ago

Don't people abuse for that sole purpose?

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