It's an abuse tactic where the abuser gets their victim to comply with demands by manipulating one or both of their emotional states by making the victim dependent on that emotional state.
The two primary ways I've seen it done are agitation and dependency.
If the abuser is using emotional blackmail through agitation, the abuser is basically always acting like they are a moment from going absolutely bonkers and making a scene. The victim is placed under extremely high stress because they are basically waiting for the abuser to decide to make their move and start: crying, screaming, yelling, throwing things, ect all so that the victim does what they are told due to the stress of wanting to not have an argument, or public humiliation.
If the abuser is using emotional blackmail through dependency, the abuser has made the victim emotionally dependent on feelings of validation or adequacy. This means that the victim is likely isolated from any sort of positive re-enforcement outside of the abuser, while the abuser is effectively grooming the victim into behaving in the way they want by constantly berating them or neglecting them, and only giving them any sort of positive reinforcement when the abuser is conditioning the victim's behavior.
the abuser is using emotional blackmail through agitation, the abuser is basically always acting like they are a moment from going absolutely bonkers and making a scene. The victim is placed under extremely high stress because they are basically waiting for the abuser to decide to make their move and start: crying, screaming, yelling, throwing things, ect all so that the victim does what they are told due to the stress of wanting to not have an argument, or public humiliation.
Yeah, I know. I've been saying that for several years. Social Justice is a protection racket that is promoted through an industrial scale form of emotional and psychological abuse, targeted at 350 million Americans and it makes me physically sick to think about.
Emotional blackmail is a real thing.
It's an abuse tactic where the abuser gets their victim to comply with demands by manipulating one or both of their emotional states by making the victim dependent on that emotional state.
The two primary ways I've seen it done are agitation and dependency.
If the abuser is using emotional blackmail through agitation, the abuser is basically always acting like they are a moment from going absolutely bonkers and making a scene. The victim is placed under extremely high stress because they are basically waiting for the abuser to decide to make their move and start: crying, screaming, yelling, throwing things, ect all so that the victim does what they are told due to the stress of wanting to not have an argument, or public humiliation.
If the abuser is using emotional blackmail through dependency, the abuser has made the victim emotionally dependent on feelings of validation or adequacy. This means that the victim is likely isolated from any sort of positive re-enforcement outside of the abuser, while the abuser is effectively grooming the victim into behaving in the way they want by constantly berating them or neglecting them, and only giving them any sort of positive reinforcement when the abuser is conditioning the victim's behavior.
You know who does this? I do...
The entirety of the Left?
Yeah, I know. I've been saying that for several years. Social Justice is a protection racket that is promoted through an industrial scale form of emotional and psychological abuse, targeted at 350 million Americans and it makes me physically sick to think about.