Sylvanna Devlin

The interesting aspect of controlling, abusive, gaslighting…. Individuals is that either they gloat – making their tricks obvious. Or they complain when they have successfully gaslighted, manipulated, and lied their way through to the result they wanted.

Occasionally some are more subtle but I’ve noted that even when they appear to have disguised their behavior successfully they are not happy with the situation.

Is this game to them?

It seems so.

“Just playing” (with abhorrent behavior)

“Just joking” (about topics that should be off limits)

“Don’t be so sensitive” (about prejudice , lies and manipulation)

Of course it’s deadly if they succeed and worse if they lose. Both their victim and themselves locked in tandem no-win situations. They’re never satisfied by success.

To them it’s the victims fault they believed them. Never mind about 52 years a certain con artist spent performing and perfecting her surface tricks. The victims are at fault she’s so good at it.

Sigh.

But oh, but then?

When they learn that extra watchfulness in the eyes has been suspicion from the start? By golly it’s tantrum city.

So I’ve decided something about my instincts. Because so far every time I ignored them it was a bad idea to do so.

If I doubt anyone? They have an aura or set of behaviors that makes me uncomfortable and that’s their problem.

Eh?

Yes you see it now.