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Depends on which perspective you are referring to. If the person who is telling you this is the one you recognize as being the manipulator then I wouldn't put much credit towards it. It would fall under the number 6 category. If the person is not being manipulating in their behavior or responses then it's time to look at your own behavior to see what they are seeing.
What if both participants in an interaction think that the other is being manipulative? What if I think someone else fits the manipulator criteria that you posted, but that person thinks that I fit the criteria? Are they both being manipulative?
That's when you ask someone you trust to explain the situation to you. Sometimes though expect to have it pointed out what you did wrong as well as what they did wrong.
That's a good question.
I usually perception check with people I trust, or in some cases stop and ask the person who said I was doing something. In those situations, though, I think a certain level of benefit of the doubt is necessary. I wouldn't bother to consult someone who likes to use the word "delusional" to describe someone who disagrees with him, because clearly this person has a volatile approach to disagreement.
I don't want to call people manipulative just for the sake of doing it. There's basically three people I can think of who are or were on Wrong Planet whom I would actually say were manipulative without any doubts. Others who might be, or might not be, and I am less willing to say either way. Also, I think other people have had different experiences and may perceive others as manipulative with good reason whom I do not perceive in that way. There are people I dislike whom I do not think are manipulative, we just don't get along. There are people I disagree with strongly, but don't have any particular dislike for.
To answer the question:
One of the two might be manipulative and twisting the assertion of manipulation back on the other person or simply using the accusation to provoke a sense of confusion/fear/uncertainty about one's self.
Both of them might be manipulative, and in this case it may even be that neither of them did anything to prompt the accusation. Seems unlikely.
Neither might be manipulative, but just be really emotional about the other.
So you're going to sulk. Ok well it's better than what you were doing before. When you are done being upset hopefully you will go talk to someone who can explain this all to you in a way that shows you I wasn't being the bad guy you have made me out to be.
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To clarify about the manipulator checklist, how many of the items need to be present for the model of manipulation to fit? Because each of the items is something that may be present in regular non manipulative interactions too.
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I didn't make you out to be a bad guy. You chose to call me delusional and neurotic, and you chose to make every interaction between us a personal matter. You were unwilling to handle a disagreement without resorting to insults.
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Each of the items can be present without it being manipulation. It goes beyond simply filling out a checklist but also relates to how you react to it, or what the person is trying to get out of you, and I would say that not all manipulation is necessarily bad, but if that's the only way someone knows to get what they need it can be a big problem.
Usually you look for two or more. Some things can seem manipulative, but really are just a lapse in judgement and not meant to be.
Edited to add: With a little practice you will see the pattern of how they do it. Each person is different based on their level of intelligence and experiences. The most common and obvious form of manipulation is the aggressive manipulator. There are other types, but some are not bad. Like say for instance your parent telling you that you will get an allowance at the end of the week if you do your chores. They are meant to encourage you to take responsibility and reward you for it. It is a form of manipulation, but not a bad one. Bad one's would include forcing you to feel something towards another person or people. Such as when someone says, "You don't love me, because you won't buy me that toy." That isn't good manipulation, that is self serving and only benefits the person wanting the toy by playing into the emotions of the person who is denying them the toy.
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I should have said what I felt it was necessary to say and then shut up.
I need a hand to come out of my computer and slap me!
I find it difficult to ignore certain kinds of behavior, such as manipulativeness, bullying, and abuse as well as attempts to make excuses for such behavior, or to whitewash it as a good and appropriate thing. Even so, I actually have been avoiding certain posters and try to limit my replies to them.
It's what she wanted us to do.
Is it? Maybe it is, she's manipulative enough. But on the other hand, my responses are not for her benefit, but for others'.
That's what I always tell myself I'm doing too. I'm beginning to think it doesn't matter. It all just becomes one big jumbled mass of bickering as far as people who aren't involved see it. (But I'm not telling you what to do, I'm just trying to see how my own stuff is working).
For me it can get kind of confusing to keep track of who said what. But I think it does matter. Sometimes I benefit greatly from reading how other people respond to manipulation and bullying. A lot of the time I don't know how to respond. I even wonder if I'm the only person who sees it.
I didn't make you out to be a bad guy. You chose to call me delusional and neurotic, and you chose to make every interaction between us a personal matter. You were unwilling to handle a disagreement without resorting to insults.
You want to know something, I keep asking myself who is more in touch with reality here and I keep realizing that it isn't you. Apparently you are stuck in an event that happened a month ago, so I will leave you to it.
Jen, to me this comment is just shape-shifting gibberish.
them, saying my friend from my program doesn't have feelings. Plus I have gone though this discrimination myself.
Seems you're saying I am discriminating against K-O-R because I'm talking to her like I talk to everyone else. DO YOU GET IT??? I bet she does. And this is NOT to invalidate any of the experience she or anyone has had where you or she or whoever actually were or are being discriminated against.
In short, this is my communication style, but I do not see you commenting that it is disrespectful when I speak this way to other people---just when I am speaking this way to KingdomOfRats. HOW IS THAT???
So you are saying what I wrote is mean-spirited? Want to explain WHY and HOW???
I've read a lot of messages from you talking about how you were bullied and picked on by your peers etc. This is in no way to discount that these very troubling experiences actually happened or to suggest that picking on you was not wrong, but if you came up to a bunch of teenagers (many probably from troubled homes themselves and going through God knows what, working through all kinds of difficulties and trying to separate from their parents and integrate with their peers and have a little fun) and started this kind of nonsense with them, I can understand why they might turn on you. This is NOT to excuse their behavior. Personally as a child or teenager I NEVER picked on anyone. That was against my moral code which was ingrained into me at a very young age, and I would have stood up for you without hesitation. This is NOT to validate that they did whatever they did, but I can understand WHY they might have done so.
Now maybe someone is going to come out here after reading this and say that by writing this I am subtly endorsing the behavior of these bullying teenagers and saying it was okay. That would be a subtle reading into what I wrote, but a FALSE subtle reading. Interesting how some supposedly always black and white thinking literalist autistic people are able to grasp and use and even twist subtlety when it suits their own subjective purpose.
Okay I have a feeling this thread is going to be locked really soon to have to respond quickly,
It's not just kingdom of rats it's that you always seem to lash out at everyone. I was telling you are being to harsh in general not asking you to treat her differently I was saying that this post. ( perticuarlly the first paragraph) made me feel that you were crossing the line which came out of now were and was not only accusing us of not treating her on a equal level and that we believe we she is made of glass and is unable to be as coherent on wp. The latter is the same thing that you yourself accused other severe autistics of on my other thread.
There is a difference between sharing your thoughts and opinions and being disrespectful.
When I was talking about discrimination I was not trying to attack you I was just trying to explain why her posts emporwer me like you asked me to clarify.
Like KOR I have experienced this stuff and think of her and other members here while I'm advocating against this kind of stuff. I also experienced the kind of arguments that people use to ague why they think they deserve pity and why they believe their lives are miserable and they are suffering.
I don't like you encouraging me to share my feelings and then turn around and stab me in the back. And tell me that I'm trying to get attention and that I'm using other people as a scapegoat and accuse me of being against kingdom of rats when I am not this is bullying.
Your posts makes other feel bad about themselves and not just because you have a different opinion from them or another form of communication.
You can share your beliefs and still be respectful but when you insult people who have a different opinion from you or who do not understand you and knock them down and make them afraid to have share how their posts make you feel and or make you feel stupid or like the post doesn't matter, worthless or similar again this is bullying.
If you do not believe this is bullying or believe I'm attacking you why don't you consult with a moderator?
I'm sure they can clear things up and be referee
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To others posting on this thread i'm sorry this got so out-of-control myself and others didn't mean to ruin your thread. I did not expect this conversation to get so out of hand and trying to get two separate arguments that are taking away from the rest of the thread.
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Well, I went to the moderator thread and they said they weren't ready to lock it yet.
Anyway, you write well, considering that you're 15 years old.
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I wouldn't take too much credit anyone would be hard pressed to find a thread that is this long discussing behavior and not get off topic. People tend to take things personal when there is no reason to especially around conversations of behavior so don't feel bad about it, isn't something to feel bad about.
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coudnt comprehend any of the longer posts; not thrugh lack of attention span just very difficult to understand.
anyway,whatevers gone on,am in support of jen and wozeree;theyre both non patronising and am treated like an equal by them,plus dont know why am being brought into this. whys everything got to become a serious issue where people sling e-crap at each other?
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