7 Hidden Tricks Expert Manipulators Use to Control You Without You Noticing, According to Psychology
I’ve been there – a friend once consistently denied things she’d clearly said, making me question my memory. It was confusing and unsettling. It took a while to understand this was her manipulation at play.
The renowned psychologist Albert Bandura said, “In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.” But gaslighting chips away at this self-efficacy; it undermines your confidence in your own experiences.