• Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Phobia
  • Relationship
  • Teasers
  • Sports
  • Privacy Policy
Sunday, January 24, 2021
GistPing
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Phobia
  • Relationship
  • Teasers
  • Sports
  • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Phobia
  • Relationship
  • Teasers
  • Sports
  • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
GistPing
No Result
View All Result

Home » Relationship » 5 Signs that You’re Being Manipulated in a Relationship

5 Signs that You’re Being Manipulated in a Relationship

by Don Drey
July 29, 2020
in Relationship
0
5 Signs that You’re Being Manipulated in a Relationship
0
SHARES
900
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

1.  They looks for your weaknesses

One way for manipulators to get control over the one they are exploiting is through targeting their victim’s weakness. So if your partner uses your insecurities, fears, worries and concerns against you, better know it is a kind of manipulation. A partner who makes you feel guilty for your actions when you’ve done nothing wrong, is manipulative. [Also read: 6 Ways to Show Respect in Your Relationship]

2.  Silent treatment

The silent treatment in itself isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A lot of times, being silent and thinking about the issue can help you gain perspective and reach a better, more informed decision on the issue.

On the flipside, and particularly in the context of romantic relationships, this silent treatment can be wielded as a weapon to punish a partner, and beat their will to submission especially when there is a conflict of opinions on a certain matter. [Also read: 3 Signs that You’re in a Rebound Relationship]

If your partner sticks to the silent treatment going until you apologize, even if you weren’t wrong, then you have a master manipulator at your hand, and you need to address this issue as soon as possible. They withhold sex so the other partner can be manipulated into doing their bidding. [Also read: 3 Red Flags That Your Man Is Starting To Fall Out Of Love]

3.  Withholding sex to get what they want

Now this is perhaps the commonest of all the things listed here in this piece. You must already know how this tactic operates between partners: one partner wants something that the other may not be willing to do ever or at that point in time. So in revolt, they withhold sex so the other partner can be manipulated into doing their bidding. [Also read: 3 Ways To Ensure your Relationship Does not Get Boring]

Sometimes, it is to punish a partner for doing something they didn’t like. Signs you are been Manipulated in a Relationship

4.  Guilt trip you… a lot!

A partner who can make you feel guilty for your actions, even when you’ve done nothing wrong), is nothing but manipulative. To get more perspective on guilt tripping as a form of emotional/romantic manipulation, check out this insightful article here. Manipulation actually happens when your partner uses your insecurities, fears, worries and concerns against you. [Also read: 3 Things Unhappy People do in Relationships]

5.  If you love me, you will do so and so

A partner who uses the whole relationship as a means of making you do stuff you don’t want to do is simply being manipulative. Staking the whole relationship, or attaching your action to the possible end of the relationship is a toxic, unhealthy and unfair trick to pull by a partner, especially when you are really holding back from doing that said thing for valid reasons. [Also read: 7 Things You Should Be Able To Discuss With Your Partner]

For example, wanting to abstain from sex till your wedding night is a valid choice to make. Being asked to throw all of it away by a partner who knew about your decision before the relationship is simply manipulation at its sickest. Signs you are been Manipulated in a Relationship

Tags: Signs you are been Manipulated in a Relationship
Previous Post

5 Things to Say When You Can’t say ‘I Love You Back’ yet

Next Post

3 Ways to Show Love Mindfully

Next Post
Ways to Demonstrate Love

3 Ways to Show Love Mindfully

Trending

Postdoctoral Research Program – Government of Canada

Postdoctoral Research Program – Government of Canada

January 24, 2021
Misconceptions about love that may be keeping you from finding true love

Misconceptions about love that may be keeping you from finding true love

January 24, 2021
University of Skövde Master’s Scholarships – University of Skövde Master’s Sweden

University of Skövde Master’s Scholarships – University of Skövde Master’s Sweden

January 24, 2021
GistPing

© 2020 Gistping - A Product of DreamyHub. [email protected]

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Phobia
  • Relationship
  • Teasers
  • Sports
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Phobia
  • Relationship
  • Teasers
  • Sports
  • Privacy Policy

© 2020 Gistping - A Product of DreamyHub. [email protected]