Are You Being Manipulated? Learn the Signs and How to Stop It (Podcast Episode 229)

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Every relationship has some form of manipulation. Unless you’re the most self-actualized being in the Universe (and I think you’d be off floating on a cloud somewhere and not listening to me right now), you are sometimes manipulative and sometimes on the receiving end of manipulation. Today, we’re going to talk about the subtle signs as well as the big warning flags. Then we’ll talk about why people manipulate, why you put up with it, and how to make it stop.

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Research for Are You Being Manipulated? Learn the Signs and How to Stop It

Shyroka, Anastasiia & Hrebin, Natalia. (2020). PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MANIPULATION WITHIN AN INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION: MANIPULATIONS AND MANIPULATORS. 10.36059/978-966-397-209-1/34-52.

Green, A., & Charles, K. (2019). Voicing the Victims of Narcissistic Partners: A Qualitative Analysis of Responses to Narcissistic Injury and Self-Esteem Regulation. SAGE Open, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019846693

Copp, Jennifer E. et al. Stay-or-Leave Decision Making in Nonviolent and Violent Dating Relationships. Violence and Victims Vol 30 Issue 4, DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00176

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