20061209

Victim Games

The justification for emotional blackmail is often dependence - the abuser may be afraid to lose something important that the victim provides. An abuser may:
  1. Withhold essential information
  2. Contradict the victim's perspective
  3. Disguise abuse as humor
  4. Block the victim's goals
  5. Install limiting beliefs
  6. Trivialize thoughts and achievements
  7. Make threats to increase power
  8. Forget promises, agreements or previous discussions
  9. Invalidate the victim's reality and perceptions
  10. Express anger to release tension and feel powerful

沒有留言: