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Thursday, 17 July 2025

Watch out for subtle manipulation through mischaracterization

On Instagram @alexwboring made a video about feeling bad and questioning oneself When someone describes you in a way that feels so off from how you perceive yourself that it shatters your entire perception of reality.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKbKq36s0dT/?igsh=eW1tZnc2M25pc2x2

Sometimes it just happens. Other times they are fully doing this on purpose make others misunderstand you, make you feel misunderstood, or make you doubt yourself, because they feel threatened by you.

They may be brazen with backhanded compliments, or they may use neutral or superficially harmless descriptors but that still aren't on point to achieve their goal.

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