For those of you who are with manipulative people, or who meet manipulators in the future, they will do everything in their power to hold power over you. Even k-wording themselves or hurting themselves. In these situations, 90% of the time they will only hurt themselves to the point of getting sympathy, and not going through with the action.... but there's that 10% that are insane enough to want to manipulate you to the point of actually going through with it if it means you feeling guilt for the rest of your lives.
So, what do you do in that situation? If you are with someone like this, secretly record things as much as possible: video, audio, text screenshots, photos of things, etc.... ANY sort of documentation, start it INSTANTLY. BUILD IT UP. Keep it together in a secret folder that is inconspicuous, save other things to those folders and hide them so that if they try to sneak in your phone they don't see it. If you text through snap (or anything else that tells others you screenshot or save things), ask a friend if you can use their phone in order to take a photo of the texts so that they don't know you are documenting it. MAKE SURE IT'S ALL SECRET, otherwise you might be in a dangerous situation. Know the person, what is something that you like that they aren't interested in? Aesthetics, pets, cooking, recipes, working out, art, etc.... You can use screenshots and photos relating to those to mix in with the "receipts" that you are collecting.
The most important thing is: BE CAREFUL. YOUR LIFE IS IMPORTANT, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT, YOU ARE IMPORTANT. Stay safe, you are deserving of respect and love, you are worth more than what you might have been told and believe. You got this, I believe in you. If need be, screenshot these tips in order to stay safe
For those of you who are with manipulative people, or who meet manipulators in the future, they will do everything in their power to hold power over you. Even k-wording themselves or hurting themselves. In these situations, 90% of the time they will only hurt themselves to the point of getting sympathy, and not going through with the action.... but there's that 10% that are insane enough to want to manipulate you to the point of actually going through with it if it means you feeling guilt for the rest of your lives.
So, what do you do in that situation? If you are with someone like this, secretly record things as much as possible: video, audio, text screenshots, photos of things, etc.... ANY sort of documentation, start it INSTANTLY. BUILD IT UP. Keep it together in a secret folder that is inconspicuous, save other things to those folders and hide them so that if they try to sneak in your phone they don't see it. If you text through snap (or anything else that tells others you screenshot or save things), ask a friend if you can use their phone in order to take a photo of the texts so that they don't know you are documenting it. MAKE SURE IT'S ALL SECRET, otherwise you might be in a dangerous situation. Know the person, what is something that you like that they aren't interested in? Aesthetics, pets, cooking, recipes, working out, art, etc.... You can use screenshots and photos relating to those to mix in with the "receipts" that you are collecting.
The most important thing is: BE CAREFUL. YOUR LIFE IS IMPORTANT, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT, YOU ARE IMPORTANT. Stay safe, you are deserving of respect and love, you are worth more than what you might have been told and believe. You got this, I believe in you. If need be, screenshot these tips in order to stay safe