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msongs

(71,888 posts)
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 03:06 PM Jul 12

13 phrases selfish people use to manipulaate you (yahoo) - well written article describes behaviors used against us

and that we may, sadly use against other people. This sort of thing could be taught in school to the benefit of students especially teens. Certainly this kind of talk never happened in my family...

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/13-phrases-selfish-people-manipulate-083023537.html

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13 phrases selfish people use to manipulaate you (yahoo) - well written article describes behaviors used against us (Original Post) msongs Jul 12 OP
I started reading this and got anxiety like this from my ex husband I divorced 40 years ago ! kimbutgar Jul 12 #1
No school will teach this. surrealAmerican Jul 12 #2
My family used almost all these phrases on me synni Jul 12 #3
Thanks for sharing. SWBTATTReg Jul 12 #4
I read the article, 11 are abusive, cksmithy Jul 12 #5
Yahoo has a number of articles like that LogDog75 Jul 13 #6

kimbutgar

(25,681 posts)
1. I started reading this and got anxiety like this from my ex husband I divorced 40 years ago !
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 03:10 PM
Jul 12

On the honeymoon I knew I made a mistake!

surrealAmerican

(11,669 posts)
2. No school will teach this.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 03:14 PM
Jul 12

Most of these are phrases kids hear from their parents at least occasionally. As such, they are not necessarily abusive, it's a question of the degree and uses to which they're being put.

synni

(483 posts)
3. My family used almost all these phrases on me
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:23 PM
Jul 12

They always pretended to be so generous and kind, that I didn't realize how selfish and narcissistic they really were, until I started therapy.

cksmithy

(364 posts)
5. I read the article, 11 are abusive,
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:15 PM
Jul 12

the other 2 could lead to a very productive conversation. But all of the comments are manipulative and potentially abusive.

LogDog75

(682 posts)
6. Yahoo has a number of articles like that
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 12:26 AM
Jul 13

Some are showing the traits of introverts and extroverts. In all of the articles I can see at least one negative trait that I identify with. I think it's normal that we have some balance between the good and bad traits.

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