Innocent Guilt: 4 Ways Manipulators Trick You into Feeling Guilty and Lying

[Manuel Tavares]

Innocent Guilt: 4 Ways Manipulators Trick You into Feeling Guilty and Lying
Sherrie Hurd, A.A.
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/06/innocent-guilt-4-ways-manipulators.html

If you’ve been in the company of a manipulator for a long time, you will start acting in toxic ways yourself. For instance, you will lie about innocent things.

It’s called innocent guilt and it’s a real thing. You see, there are four main levels of guilt, but they do not include innocent guilt.
Natural guilt – You’ve done something wrong, and you feel bad about it
Toxic guilt – You constantly have an unfounded feeling that you are not a good person
Existential guilt – You feel guilty for the injustices in the world
Survivor’s guilt – When you feel bad for surviving when others die after tragedies

Emotional manipulation

While some forms of guilt are healthy, others are not. As for innocent guilt, it can damage your self-worth through the fear of confrontation, the acceptance of misplaced responsibilities, and lying. So, how does the manipulator trick you into feeling so guilty that you turn to this toxic behavior?

1. The guilt trip

It’s like falling over something that isn’t really there. Manipulators are people who want things their way and that’s all. So, the reason why we lie out of misplaced guilt is so we do not have to endure the disgusting performance of guilt-tripping.+++
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/06/innocent-guilt-4-ways-manipulators.html