Passive-Aggressive Revenge and Confusion

Disguised hostility and subtle sabotage out of spite or envy.

Some manipulators, especially those with narcissistic or sadistic traits, operate motivated by a need for retribution known as passive-aggressive revenge.

Unlike balanced people, who may hold grudges for clear causes, dark personalities may lash out without apparent logical provocation.

A simple professional success of the victim, a compliment received by a third party or even the fact of being happy, can trigger the envy and anger of the manipulator, who feels that the happiness of others is a personal affront.

This type of revenge seeks to humiliate and reduce the other person so that the aggressor regains his or her sense of superiority.

Tactics include the spreading of rumors, job sabotage to induce errors, the use of hostile sarcasm disguised as "jokes" and the systematic invalidation of the victim's achievements.

It is a cold war where the objective is to erode the victim's security and status from the shadows.

Alteration of reality as the final method of domination.

The fourth and final objective is the total distortion of reality. Altering a person's perception is the supreme form of control, as it allows one to substitute the judgment of the victim for that of the manipulator.

If you can convince someone that what they see and feel is wrong, they can be programmed to think and act according to the wishes of the aggressor.

Motivations vary according to the profile: a psychopath may do this to deliberately damage the victim's mental health and enjoy his destruction; a narcissist, to impose his delusions of grandeur as the only valid truth; and a sadist, to color the victim's worldview with pessimism and misery.

In all cases, the induced confusion ensures that the victim remains lost, dependent and under the yoke of the manipulator.

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