Manipulation in school is a big problem nowadays. Almost every single student has been manipulated in some way in school, no matter how.
Have you ever thought about what the word “manipulation” means? Well, manipulation is the exercise of harmful influence over others. These people, called “manipulators”, attack others’ emotional sides to get what they want!
Let’s imagine it like this: You have a friend who asks you really often about something and you are talking about doing their homework or giving them money. These people most of the time (not every time) are manipulators and really good liars. They can be manipulators and you may never know about it. This is the definition of manipulator. So how do you understand if someone is manipulating you? The easiest way to stop being manipulated is to try not to be the kindest. The manipulators have a really good eye for choosing their “victims”. Believe me, the manipulators are ALWAYS searching for someone with a good heart, because they are easier to manipulate. They are really good at this, so that’s the first way of stopping someone from manipulating you. The second way (I don’t recommend this method) is for YOU to start being a manipulator.
Yes, YOU! You are probably thinking “You must be kidding! I can’t be a manipulator! I can’t say that I want to be a manipulator! And then BAM, I’m a manipulator!” Well, you aren’t wrong. Yes, you can’t be a manipulator right away and, again I don’t recommend this, but you can try! Buy some books about the topic! And from the word “be a manipulator” I mean to understand them and to understand their body language and other things if someone is a manipulator! It can be pretty hard though because they’re manipulators and they can hide their body language so I recommend you, if you want to try this method, buy books, because I’m not a manipulator! Another thing that is really important about the manipulators is that sometimes they have different personalities for every single person! Technically if you say to someone “I am fine” when you are not and the person believes you, you are an example of a manipulator (technically)!
I want to show you also how to tell if someone is lying to you. The best way of understanding what the person is actually
thinking of you or something like this is to learn their body language! If you know how the body language of other people is, this will be a really good trick up your sleeve for your whole life! But still, I will tell you a couple of tricks on how to understand if someone is lying to you!
1. If someone smiles and there’s no crinkles on their face, it’s a fake smile!
2. Not saying enough -
When people that hear the truth describe what they saw and are asked: “Is there anything else?” more details are revealed. But when liars are asked the same question, they get confused and start thinking about what to put in their story! This is what drives us to:
3. Saying too much until the story gets nowhere! This is what happens when the liar has a prepared story, and they are asked something like “Anything else?”.
4. Direction of their eyes
“If a person isn’t making eye contact, they aren’t telling the truth!” This is what the study titled “The Eyes Don’t Have It” published in 2012 says. However, in 2015, another study says that 70% of people lied while maintaining direct eye contact, but still, watch if someone isn’t making direct eye contact!
5. When you feel like someone is lying, start looking them in the eyes without saying anything. If they are telling the truth, they’ll say something like “What? It’s true!” but if they’re lying, they will keep adding to their story until it doesn’t make sense.
These are the main things I wanted to tell you! Nowadays almost everyone is being manipulated! Every single one of my friends has been manipulated, I’ve also been manipulated! Actually, I still see my classmates and friends being manipulated! Some people are still trying to manipulate me, but they’re still failing, so please watch out because nowadays, people are even more awful than they used to be in the past! Stay safe! Bye!