They always one-up you. No matter what problems you may have, emotional manipulators have it worse. They undermine the legitimacy of your complaints by reminding you that their problems are more serious. The message? You have no reason to complain, so shut the heck up.
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Travis Bradberry
Travis Bradberry is an American author on the subject of emotional intelligence. He is the co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0. He is also the co-founder of emotional intelligence consulting company TalentSmart. 2Early life and education Bradberry obtained a bachelor of science in clinical psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and has a dual Ph.D. in clinical and industrial-organizational psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International Universit
If you bring up something that’s bothering you, they make you feel guilty for mentioning it. If you don’t, they make you feel guilty for keeping it to yourself and stewing on it. When you’re dealing with emotional manipulators, whatever you do is wrong, and, no matter what problems the two of you…
Emotional manipulators will tell you what you want to hear, but their actions are another story. They pledge their support, but, when it comes time to follow through, they act as though your requests are entirely unreasonable.