Word Games Abusers Play
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Interrupts you when you’re talking.
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Repeats “your exact words” but takes them out of context or makes up something that you did not say or mean.
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Challenges you to remember “exact words” but you can’t (or tells you you’re wrong) because the conversation is so confusing you don’t know exactly what he’s talking about anymore.
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Changes the subject to divert your attention.
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Tells you what you really mean to say.
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Drones on for hours, repeating the same points, getting nowhere, until you’re so exhausted you want to agree just to get them to be quiet (brainwashing).
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Re-defines words to mean what he or she wants them to mean.
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Denies saying what they said (even if you’re playing it back to him from a digital recorder, they may deny meaning what they obviously meant).
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Uses tricks like abusive anger to get you to be quiet or listen.
Extracted from: Things Abusers Say and Do to Gain Power Over You
verbalabusejournals.com/about-abuse/things-abusers-say-do/