INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 6
CHAPTER 1: DEFEATING MANIPULATION ............................................ 8
YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF ...................................................................................... 9
CALMING TECHNIQUES ................................................................................................. 12
MANIPULATION AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS ...................................................... 15
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER ..................................................................... 15
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER ..................................................................... 18
GAS LIGHTING NARCISSISTS ......................................................................................... 20
TYPICAL SALES PEOPLE MANIPULATION TACTICS ................................................... 23
HOW TO DEFEND AGAINST MANIPULATORS ............................................................ 27
MANIPULATION AND THE MEDIA ................................................................................ 31
MANIPULATION IN ADVERTISING ................................................................................ 33
CHAPTER 2: THE EVERYDAY MANIPULATOR ..................................... 36
EVERY DAY SOMEONE TRIES TO MANIPULATE YOU!.............................................. 36
MANIPULATION AND "MOMMY" .................................................................................. 37
MANIPULATION AND FRIENDS ..................................................................................... 38
MANIPULATION: FRIENDS AND FAMILY .................................................................... 41
SOMETIMES MANIPULATION IS HEALTHY AND SOMETIMES NOT.......................... 46
STANDING UP TO MANIPULATORS CAN IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS ...................... 47
TACTICS TO USE WITH MANIPULATORS ...................................................................... 49
HOW DO YOU COMBAT MANIPULATORS? .................................................................. 51
THE DAYDREAM MINDSET ........................................................................................... 52
METHODS TO REJECT MANIPULATION ....................................................................... 53
BENEFIT FROM MANIPULATION TACTICS - TIT FOR TAT ........................................ 55
GIVE AND TAKE AND MANIPULATION ....................................................................... 57
HOW POLICE USE MANIPULATION TACTICS.............................................................. 58
DEFEND YOURSELF FROM THIS KIND OF MANIPULATION .................................... 63
BODY LANGUAGE AND MANIPULATION .................................................................... 63
BE RESPECTFUL BUT FIRM ............................................................................................. 64
WHEN IN DOUBT - SHUT UP! ....................................................................................... 65
MANIPULATION AND POLITICIANS .............................................................................. 65
HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF FROM POLITICAL MANIPULATION .......................... 68
MANIPULATION AND APPEARANCES ........................................................................... 69
CHAPTER 3: THE BASICS - HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR BODY LANGUAGES ................................... 72
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 88
