Manipulation Tactics

Love bombing isn’t a vibe. It’s a tactic.

Love bombing has an operational definition in the clinical literature. The popular use has diluted it to mean 'he texted a lot.'…

Gaslighting has a clinical definition. Most people are using it wrong.

The clinical definition of gaslighting involves systematic reality distortion for the purpose of psychological control. 'He said I was overreacting' does not…