The Shouting Technique: Victimization

The use of crying and public outrage to manipulate the environment.

Paradoxically, shouting and noise are not always used to project strength; they are often used to project fragility and victimization.

This variant of the technique involves the use of loud cries, exaggerated wailing, and cries for help or desperation.

The objective here is not to frighten the direct victim, but to manipulate the perception of witnesses and the social environment.

Crying is a powerful tool that activates the natural empathy of observers and can disarm the person being manipulated, making him or her feel like the aggressor.

The manipulator employing this tactic usually chooses public settings or situations where there is an audience.

By creating an emotional spectacle, he or she forces the other person into a defensive position.

Why would someone seek an audience during an emotional crisis? Because they know that viewers, lacking the full context of the story, tend to judge based on what they see in the moment: one person "suffering" (the manipulator) and another person who appears to be the cause of that suffering (the real victim).

Generating social pressure on the real victim to give in.

The mechanics of this manipulation is based on shame and social pressure. When the manipulator stages a screaming and crying scene in public, the real victim immediately feels the brunt of the stares from strangers, which are usually of disapproval or hostility towards the one they perceive as the "bad guy" in the movie.

This extreme discomfort and fear of social judgment act as a potent catalyst for submission.

To stop the public humiliation and make the stares stop, the victim often gives in to the manipulator's demands, giving them what they want just to end the spectacle. It is emotional blackmail executed in social theater.

If someone screams or cries theatrically and actively seeks the attention of third parties during a conflict, it is highly likely that he or she is using aggressive victimization as a weapon to gain co