🎭 Manipulation techniques – can you recognize them, or are they already ingrained in you? Manipulation is not dark magic. It is commonplace. Quiet. Often well packaged. And it only works for one reason: because we react emotionally. Here are a few of the most common techniques – short & sweet 👇 to get you started: 🧠 1. Blame reversal “If you were different, this wouldn't have happened.” Suddenly, you are responsible for the feelings or mistakes of others. ⏳ 2. Time pressure “Now or never.” Quick decisions shut down your thinking – and your gut feeling along with it. ❤️ 3. Love bombing Excessive closeness, praise, affection – at the beginning. Later, exactly that is withdrawn again. 😶 4. Silence as punishment No argument, no explanation—just withdrawal. Extremely effective because our nervous system wants connection. 🪞 5. Gaslighting “You imagined that.” Your perception is questioned until you distrust yourself. 👥 6. Social proof “Everyone sees it that way.” Peer pressure replaces arguments. 🎁 7. Reciprocity First a favor – then an expectation. Unspoken, but palpable. 🔍 The crucial point: Manipulation only works where there is inner insecurity, fear of rejection, or unresolved needs. Those who know themselves, who know their triggers, who are internally stable— are hardly manipulable. And yes: 👉 Everyone manipulates sometimes. The question is not whether, but how consciously. 💬 Reflection question for you: When was the last time you felt pressured—and said yes anyway? Feel free to share your thoughts or add other techniques 👇Awareness is the first step out of the game. 🎭✨

I currently have several topics that I would like to post here. You decide the order. What would you like to learn about first? - The dark triad of personalities—psychopaths, narcissists, or Machiavellians. - Manipulation techniques and dark psychology. - Positive psychology and neuroscience. What should be first?

„If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power…“ - Robert G. Ingersoll What would you do first if you were given unlimited power? What would you do first? A beach vacation in a super expensive villa? Easing world hunger? Buying an island?

Yesterday, I met an elderly woman at the car wash. She was just under 70 years old, and we chatted while my car was being washed behind a frosted glass gate. What she told me in that short time was unbelievable! She had misplaced her car wash card – 10 washes for €50. She rummaged excitedly through her purse. ‘But I've been completely confused since my husband got so sick,’ she said. ‘What's wrong with your husband?’ I asked. ‘Colon cancer. He had surgery in October and is now on his second round of chemo.’ I ask how he is doing and she replies, ‘Well, he's coping quite well.’ I venture to ask her how old he is and she tells me he is 72. She is caring and kind and she loves him. ‘I'll be 70 soon and I'm scared,’ she says. She continues: ‘It runs in our family. My mother died of cancer at 73, my father at 72. And several others at that age too. It does make me a little scared.’ The car wash programme is finished. I take my time. ‘Even though I don't know your husband, please give him my regards and best wishes.’ She smiles and we say goodbye to each other. What age are you programmed to die at? This woman was programmed to die at ‘just over 70’. She was aware of her fear. What she was setting in motion with it, she probably wasn't. She was signalling to her body and the field that the probability of dying at 72 was high. What does that do to the field? It treats this information as a wish to be fulfilled. For the field, the confirmation of an expectation and the associated ‘I told you so’ is like a silent command that must be fulfilled. Sayings like, ‘It's genetic. It runs in our family,’ are powerful programmes. Do you want to keep them? If not, then you are welcome to... discuss and tell your story about inner programs in the comments.