Dark Psychology & Manipulation

When A person cannot persuade or manipulate someone into doing what they want, the last thing left is to deceive. And with deception, we say or do things that will convince a person to believe something as truth when in fact it is not. There are a few specific types of deception that a dark seducer may use.

Lying is perhaps the most common because with a lie we can easily distort the truth to make others believe in something that is false. We can tell white lies, half-truths, deliberate lies, and we can lie by omission.

Openness reflects insight and imagination, as well as the desire to seek out new experiences.

Conscientiousness is about goal-driven behaviors and the ability to control impulses.

Extraversion relates to social behaviors as well as the way we express ourselves emotionally.

Agreeableness involves affection, trust, and compassion.

Neuroticism is characterized by irritability, emotional instability, and changes in our mood

Manipulation comes in various forms, and of the most popular tactics we see manipulators using fear as a means of control, remaining passive-aggressive, or gaslighting. When a manipulator uses fear to control another person, they are essentially driving at that person's insecurities in order to gain the outcome they desire. With passive aggressiveness, the manipulator will say or behave in a way that invokes anger or displeasure without being direct about their emotions. This lack of emotions leaves the victim to think that they have done something wrong, thus creating more insecurity. And with gaslighting, the manipulator is denying events or statements that were made specifically for the purpose of causing the victim to question their reality.

Pathos is the method we use to connect with human emotions. Most people are persuaded because of the way they feel toward a certain situation. Our emotions are often the strongest factor when we are faced with encouragement to change our behaviors or beliefs, such as the case when we are being persuaded ourselves. For this reason, we know that more often than not pathos is the strongest method for persuading someone else.

Persuasion is a powerful tool in dark psychology as we can appeal to the interests of the person we are persuading in order to get the outcome we wish.

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of the most popular tactics we see manipulators using fear as a means of control, remaining passive-aggressive, or gaslighting.

Neuroticism is characterized by irritability, emotional instability, and changes in our mood.

Openness reflects insight and imagination, as well as the desire to seek out new experiences.

Conscientiousness is about goal-driven behaviors and the ability to control impulses.

Extraversion relates to social behaviors as well as the way we express ourselves emotionally.

Agreeableness involves affection, trust, and compassion.

We can tell white lies, half-truths, deliberate lies, and we can lie by omission