30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control In Personal Relationships by Adelyn Birch

Author:Adelyn Birch [Birch, Adelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-11-05T18:30:00+00:00

21. Brandishing Anger, or "Traumatic One-Trial Learning"

The manipulator will put on an act of intense anger for the purpose of shocking you into submission. This is called ‘traumatic one-trial learning,’ because it will quickly train you to avoid confronting, upsetting or contradicting the manipulator.

22. Scapegoating

A scapegoat is defined as a person or animal that takes on the sins of others. They are unfairly blamed for other people's problems. A scapegoat is also known as a ‘whipping boy’ or a ‘fall guy.’

Scapegoating is the process of singling out a victim and making them responsible for problems when they are not really the one who deserves the blame. A person can be made into a scapegoat for a relationship or for an entire family or even a workplace.

Skilled manipulators usually scapegoat another person on purpose, while others unconsciously "project" their unwanted thoughts and feelings onto another to make them take the blame for their own mistakes or shortcomings, which relieves the one doing the scapegoating of shame, blame and responsibility.

Many of the manipulation tactics listed here include an element of victim blaming, but scapegoating goes beyond that. People who are made into scapegoats feel deep and persistent shame and develop a victim mentality.

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