Person A walks the dog so it can get exercise. Person B makes the accusation to person A that they only walk the dog to avoid person B. This causes confusion because person A has a set reason why they walk the dog- to get exercise. Essentially person B is placing a false belief into person A's head. Being told this enough will result in distrust in ones self. Manipulation has begun and person A now truly believes that they only walk the dog to get away from person B.
That's a really weak kind of manipulation. Besides, someone smart wouldn't start something like that knowing that their image could be affected towards the Person A for such a silly purpose. Be sure to manipulate if you need.. Besides, a lot of people tend to think that Manipulation is everything. You have many many other tools, Manipulation is just one of them. Someone with more expertise truly knows that to fully have the grasp, you have to use all the tools you can.
Presence, physical, attitude, violence, intelligence, manipulation, perception.
Anyone can manipulate. A kid can manipulate, he can cry over and over to get what he wants. Babies do that.
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Person A walks the dog so it can get exercise. Person B makes the accusation to person A that they only walk the dog to avoid person B. This causes confusion because person A has a set reason why they walk the dog- to get exercise. Essentially person B is placing a false belief into person A's head. Being told this enough will result in distrust in ones self. Manipulation has begun and person A now truly believes that they only walk the dog to get away from person B.
That is manipulation if and only if Person A actually believes it.
It's also manipulation if Person B uses the lie to manipulate a 3rd person into giving him/her smthg of value at Person A's expense.
eg: sex or free lunches. "Boohoo Person A is supposed to be muh wuver and s/he only walks that dog to get away from me. Hold me." bats eyelashes Then person C goes all "There there lets eat drink and fuck, you poor dear..."
I got terrible manipulation skills so my opinion can shed light. It is a terrible manipulation plan. It sounds so counter productive. If you tell someone or imply that someone ought to stop doing what they like... It will not make them stop liking what they do. In the end they will stop liking you. I mean unless the plan is to make the person not like you.