Suddenly, you're "calling them a liar," you're "always so suspicious," you have "trust issues" that YOU need to work on. They ...

Psychological fatigue is a common outcome of covert manipulation. Studies link emotional imbalance to increased stress and ...

Ever been in a conversation that left you feeling weirdly guilty, confused, or questioning your own reality? Congrats – you might have just experienced the special joy of being manipulated.

Manipulative people rarely sound manipulative — in fact, they can often sound reasonable or even helpful at first. But ...

Manipulative people only care about holding onto the power and control, and they'll say whatever it takes to do that. Here ...

Try it next time a manipulator pushes your buttons.

Getting manipulated is emotionally jarring. It can also leave you stuck in a cycle of self-blame and shame. You may ask yourself, "I'm a grown-up—how did I fall for this?" However, psychologists urge ...

Psychology expert Shadé Zahrai shares her best advice for how to effectively handle a manipulator.

Recent research has analyzed the benefits of manipulation in hopes of teasing out the differences between “harmless” manipulation and “harmful” manipulation. Most social interactions involve some form ...

The flickering gaslights in a 1944 film gave birth to what would become one of the most insidious forms of emotional abuse recognized today. In the classic thriller “Gaslight,” Ingrid Bergman portrays ...