Controlling behavior happens when someone tries to make another person do what they want. A controlling person might use threats, love, or money to get their way. These behaviors can occur in ...

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While manipulative personalities often stem from nuanced places — from family trauma, to personality changes, and even from a sense of adversity that hardens a person's sense of empathy and self — ...

Last year, I published a popular blog post that sought to outline a few go-to methods for manipulative parenting. As stated therein, parenting is all about guiding a child's development. But when ...

For a long time, certain relationship behaviors got explained away as passion, protectiveness, or just "how he is." People made excuses because they didn't have the language to name what was happening ...

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Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms controlling individuals use to keep their partners silent and disempowered. When we think of an unhealthy relationship, we often ...