I stopped working for an employer who was emotionally manipulative, because I was more aware ofthe day-to-day and moment to moment sensations in my body.While this change too was attributable to many other factors, the course certainly played its part, not least thanks to the amazing mini c...
As such, they’ll call others “weird” or “too much” because they feel awkward, and they want that discomfort to stop ASAP. This is a type of manipulative behavior that’s meant to mold others into being what they want, instead of who they really are. Life sucks when you’re not ...
A couple people who know her has told me she is toxic and manipulative, and is just emotionally confused. She has a bad relationship history and is the youngest of 6 siblings and comes from a wealthy large family. We got really close really quick, and I still have feelings for her and...
It would be fair to say that I live a nomadic existence and lack direction in life. 13. Occasionally, I find myself in unpremeditated situations out of a lack of reflection or planning or consideration of the consequences of what I start with. It is hard for me to emotionally resist ...
Most likely after many of your encounters with this person, you end up feeling guilty, upset, emotionally drained and confused. You may even feel like you’re completely useless or incompetent. The most difficult times to deal with this type of negative person is when they...
culminating in her bottom surgery. Her positivity and determination to challenge the view towards transgender people is both inspiring and humbling "I'm not the only one who's trying to make a difference in the world," she says. "I'm just one person doing what I can to make a ...
So, after an emotionally wrenching end of year, I stand in 2016 looking forward with excitement and interest. Last December, my employer declared their intention to relocate the Company HR service to Brisbane, Australia. That meant my leadership position in New Zealand was redundant. After a mon...
I have been no contact with my mom for several years and for many reasons. She is an unpleasant, controlling person who seems incapable of genuine remorse, and she abused me behind closed doors throughout childhood. She was physically, emotionally, psychologically and borderline sexually abusive ...
Terms for concepts in emotionally charged spheres of life such as sex, excretion, aging, and disease tend to run on what I call a euphemism treadmill. They become tainted by their connection to a fraught concept, prompting people to reach for an unspoiled term, which only gets sullied in it...
Neither bother driving to ours. We are expected to visit them, in their houses, on their terms and they manipulate / emotionally blackmail to keep the visits longer. (When we start putting coats and shoes on my mum tends to cry over her divorce 39 years ago in the hope that we'll sta...