4. She slowly isolates you from your friends and family
Emotional psychopaths knowingly or unknowingly crave ownership over the entirety of your thoughts. Because as soon as you start to doubt them and their seemingly all-knowing ways, then they know that you’ll probably leave them.
One of the easiest ways to control your every thought is to isolate you away from the people in your life who actually care enough about you to encourage you to distance yourself from them.
Frequently, emotionally manipulative people will slowly distance you from your friends, family members, and anyone of significance in your life. They’ll use any excuse they can to get you away from them. They’ll tell you that they are the ones who are trying to control or manipulate you. They’ll tell you that those people secretly hate you and talk behind your back.They’ll say whatever it takes to get you away from them.
As soon as you notice your partner encouraging you to distance from significant people in your life, stop, sit for a moment, and think “Is this person trying to get me away from these people for healthy, altruistic reasons (i.e. are these people legitimately toxic for me), or are they trying to isolate me so that I’m more easily manipulated and controlled?” And if it’s the latter, run for the hills.
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