8 Signs of a Manipulative Personality

Do you know someone who might have a manipulative personality? What does it mean to be manipulative? Manipulation involves the use of deception or underhand methods to achieve personal aims. Manipulative people love to control, change, and warp the behaviors or perceptions of others. Do you anyone in mind who you think people be a manipulative person, but you aren't sure? To help you with that, let's go through some of the signs of a manipulative personality.

Credits
Writer: Julian Heng
Script Editor: Rida Batool & Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Storyboarder: Yi Lin
Animator: Anthony Shek
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

References

[Psychgo]

Happy Sunday! Name your enemy and we shall slay them for you!

[austencox]

One of my greatest fears is that I’m actually toxic and I won’t realize it until I hurt everyone I care about

[xoxo-gossipgirl]

*8 Signs of a Manipulative Personality*
1. they instill self doubt in others 0:45
2. they are experts at guilt tripping 1:16
3. they take advantage of kindness 1:48
4. they spread false information on purpose 2:21
5. they never take the blame 2:47
6. they’re good at hiding their manipulative traits 3:11
7. they feign ignorance 3:45
8. they make their tactics seem normal 4:10
*in progress*

[ldAccunt]

What I have learned so far.

I unintentionally manipulate because I am trying to make the situation better but I make it worse without intending it to get worse.

[Xathaarian]

In the past couple of months, I finally realized that I am not being toxic, but there are very extreme narcissists in my group. So I put up my guard and avoided loads of manipulations from them.

[ughicanteven]

The one thing you should never do is take advantage of someone's kindness. That's just such a cruel thing to do

[clarax]

Others thinking if there friend is manipulative

me thinking if im manipulative

[fluffytail]

I used to work with a colleague who was a professional level manipulator. He was “well liked” by everyone because he was sneaky and no one realized what he was really like. All of these labels in the video fit him perfectly. He honed in on me since I was the newest staff member. I hope when I go back to work, things will be different now that he’s gone but I worry his reputation stands while mine remains tarnished because of him.

[gigibanks]

People can only treat you the way you allow them to. They mistake your kindness for weakness. Sometimes you need to cut those toxic people out of your life and love yourself 💕

[Esabelle]

*"Controllers, abusers, and manipulative people don't question themselves. They don't question if the problem is them. They always say the problem is someone else."*
~Darlene Ouimet

[nobody]

the problem is, the manipulative person is inside your home and has already convinced everyone else that they're the victim 🙄

[justray]

I hate it when people say “I’m sorry, *but cut me some slack.”* or something like that. Why can’t they just take the blame and apologize like a normal person 🤚

[hadirmaamouri]

one thing missing is the charm ...they're usually very charismatic and charming which makes u admire them and not question their motives

[jamesvaughan]

Also another tip for everyone! STAY AWAY from people ("friends & "family members") who keep trying to convince you to do something that you don't want to do. That's indicators for a manipulative person as well.

[PlanetPsych]

To sum it up:
"Manipulative people don't respect your boundaries. They are relentlessly selfish and don't really care who gets hurt as long as they get what they want"

Suggestion: "Avoid them!"

[CharlieEarthRoast]

My old best friend fits all of these. My therapist helped me realize how manipulative she was, especially after an incident that I wasn't in the wrong for, but I apologized and my ex-friend said, "I'm sorry YOU felt that way." My therapist was pissed, and told me that I needed to get away. A few straws later, and we were no longer friends, and now she still tries to spread rumors about me and my partner. A mutual friend of ours told us last week that she was trying to get info on us and told him that she had heard that my partner and I broke up. lol. She's a scumbag.

[dczslfy]

When the person you love is literally all of this and you know it, but you still hang out with them because you love them too much to push them away: *:)*

[Zariah-uefm]

This is exactly what my abusive ex bestie did.. every one of those things, this channel actually helped me realise that she was abusing me both physically and mentally and emotionally, This channel made me so strong and aware of those trying to break me down. So thank you Psych2Go

[PolishCowvsJuan]

To the 1 person that’ll read this: *you’re cool and adorable stay safe*

[HelloKittySiims]

Wow, I currently live with a family member who posses these traits. Guilt tripping is their #1 tactics. Their famous for saying “ you don’t have to” or “you can say no” but in a way were you still feel like you don’t have an option. I want out but it’s so hard especially when u care too much