Category: Emotional Manipulation

Awareness and possible protection against making you doing something you don't want to by inducing guilt, shame or anxiety.

Unreasonable Expectations

Pushing more assignment into a limited time frame then it is possible to achieve put us under enormous pressure. Whenever someone demands us to accomplish his or her Unreasonable Expectations he/she does not consider neither our rights, interest and/or feelings – nor the reality.  If no one else does, you need to protect yourself from …

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What to do with dirty fighters?

 425.280.2643 Hi, this is Zita Fekete with “Ask an Expert!”  Answering your love and relationship questions. Question: “I feel like my husband is a dirty fighter. He calls me names, he’s manipulative, he gives me the silent treatment. How can I get him to stop acting like this and fight with me in a fair …

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What if he makes me feel not good enough?

Question: “I have this feeling in my marriage that I’m never good enough. My husband often compares to his mother who was perfect, or his sister who does no wrong, and I am really resentful. How can I show him what this is doing to our marriage?” Answer: “Great Question! You are not alone with …

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Manipulative girlfriend – will I attract another one?

Question: “My last girlfriend was extremely manipulative and I never saw it coming. She had me twisted around her little finger until her every whim was met and then she dumped me. I’m really worried I’ll attract another girl like this, what do I need to look out for?”   Answer: “Thank you for this …

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When will the manipulator stop manipulating?

When you stop complying with his demands forced by manipulative techniques. There is many-many ways to ask something! For instance your partner wants to go to a concert in the weekend when everybody in the family wants something different to do. He can ask straightforward: “I know mom wants us be there for dinner and Gabi …

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