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ADHD · Glossary term

Emotional Manipulation

Self-defeating comments, threats or accusations used to avoid a task or punish you for a limit. Acknowledge with ‘okay' but don't engage — discussion reinforces it. “I'm stupid.” “You don't care about me.” “You're never on my side.”

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Generating age-6–8 examples for "Emotional Manipulation"…