Creating The Boundary. Is the Person an [Asset] [Risk, Threat or Liability]? Before determining if someone or something is an asset you need understand the elements and properties of who that person is, who there not, can they be trusted and do they have your best interest or their own? Assets grow in value, liabilities decrease in value. Its common behavior to respond or give out personal information to strangers. Self-Regulation is an internal governor where you add a delay

How school trained you to filter every thought through an authority figure. In school children give up there agency and ability to make sound decisions without filtering [Repetition-Learned Behavior] and pass there beliefs and thoughts though their teacher, first. The raising of the hand signals is my action, desire, or need OK, [Approval] can I proceed, [Approval] can I use the bathroom... [Approval] Will you judge me if ... [Acceptance] Acceptance [Consequences-Outcast?]

Manipulation Tactic: Envy Induction Category: Emotional Manipulation Red Flag Indicators Envy Induction is where a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession, and desires to have it or wishes the other person didn't have it. Envy Induction is the intentional behavior of a person to make their target experience this painful social comparison, often to gain a personal advantage, achieve a goal, or enhance their own sense of self-worth by witnessing the

Manipulation Tactic: Exploiting Insecurities Category: Emotional Manipulation Red Flag Indicators Exploiting insecurities intentionally uses another person's doubts, fears, vulnerabilities, or weakness to gain an advantage, control, or personal benefit. It is a key tactic in abusive and exploitative relationships—whether romantic, professional, or social—and fundamentally involves a power imbalance where one person seeks to elevate themselves by diminishing or controlling th

Manipulation Tactic:  Coercion Category:  Emotional Manipulation Red Flag Indicators Coercion is a form of pressure or manipulation used to compel an individual to act against their own free will. Psychological Characteristics Erosion of Autonomy: The core characteristic is the loss of the victim's self-determination—the ability to choose freely. The coercer aims to substitute the victim's goals with their own. Fear and Intimidation: The tactics used instill a pervasive fear

Manipulation Tactic: Shaming Category: Emotional Manipulation Red Flag Indicators Shaming the act of expressing contempt, ridicule, or criticism toward an individual or group making them feel humiliated, degraded, or deeply flawed as a person. Shame, is a self-conscious, painful feeling characterized by the perception that one's entire self is inadequate, unworthy, or fundamentally bad. Psychological Characteristics Self-Devaluation:  the feeling that a person is deficient,