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		<title>Manipulation and the Problem of Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/manipulation-and-the-problem-of-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Difficult People]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way that most of us, and most especially, mental health professionals, have traditionally been taught to view human nature and behavior is actually the biggest obstacle to understanding and dealing effectively with the unscrupulous and devious folks among us.]]></description>
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		<title>Character on Trial: Some Lessons to Learn</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/character-on-trial-some-lessons-to-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Society can set all the limits and boundaries it chooses.  But the willingness to respect those boundaries and limits instead of trying to get around them is an a matter of each individual heart.]]></description>
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		<title>An Offense Is Not a Defense</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/an-offense-is-not-a-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Character Disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manipulative Children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An offense involves fighting hard enough to secure a goal and remove obstacles to that goal. A defense involves expending just enough energy to ward off an attack or prevent injury.]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing the World as They Want to See It: The Self-Deceptive Thinking of the Disturbed Character</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/seeing-the-world-as-they-want-to-see-it-the-self-deceptive-thinking-of-the-disturbed-character/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manipulative-people.com/seeing-the-world-as-they-want-to-see-it-the-self-deceptive-thinking-of-the-disturbed-character/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive Relationships]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disordered characters are prone to seeing things as they want to see them, not as they are.]]></description>
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		<title>Psychopathy and Sociopathy</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/psychopathy-and-sociopathy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manipulative-people.com/psychopathy-and-sociopathy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Character Disorders]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=41</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The psychopath or predatory aggressive personality knows that he is different from most others (because he knows others posess this entity called conscience and that they have emotional connections to others that keep them from doing certain things) and he thinks he is a superior being to common man because he is not encumbered by these traits.  Seeing himself as a superior creature and viewing conscience-laden and emotionally vulnerable others as inferior beings, he regards such underlings as rightful prey.  ]]></description>
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		<title>“Passive-Aggression” Top 5 Misused Psychology Terms – Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/%e2%80%9cpassive-aggression%e2%80%9d-top-5-misused-psychology-terms-%e2%80%93-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manipulative-people.com/%e2%80%9cpassive-aggression%e2%80%9d-top-5-misused-psychology-terms-%e2%80%93-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Difficult People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychological Manipulation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[indirect anger]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a woman was complaining about how an ex-boyfriend was badmouthing her around town because she broke up with him.  The friend she was talking to replied:  “Oh, he’s just being passive-aggressive.”  In fact, in his anger the boyfriend is deliberately trying to hurt this woman by smearing her reputation.  You can call it passive-aggressive, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irritating Psychobable</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/irritating-psychobable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manipulative-people.com/irritating-psychobable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character Disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychobable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acting-out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misused mental health terms]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=19</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a blog post in which Jeremy presented submissions from his readers about the &#8220;psychobable&#8221; they find the most irritating.  Interestingly, two of the comments (numbers 4 and 9) are very much in line with my posts on &#8220;acting-out&#8221; and &#8220;denial,&#8221; which are part of a series I&#8217;m doing on the top 5 most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Acting-Out&#8221; Top 5 Misused Psychology Terms &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/acting-out-top-5-misused-psychology-terms-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manipulative-people.com/acting-out-top-5-misused-psychology-terms-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive Relationships]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  In the &#8220;jargon&#8221; of mental health professionals one frequently hears the term “acting-out.” It is amazing how frequently this term is misused. As was the case with “denial” true acting-out is an unconscious ego defense mechanism. Without knowing it, persons who act-out engage in some kind of behavior (as opposed to a psycho-physiological or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Denial&#8221; Top 5 misused psychology terms &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.manipulative-people.com/top-5-misused-psychology-terms-part-1-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.manipulative-people.com/top-5-misused-psychology-terms-part-1-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Difficult People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychological Manipulation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[psychobable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoidance of responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense mechanism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disturbed characters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manipulative-people.com/?p=16</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone familiar with the &#8220;jargon&#8221; of mental health professionals of all persuasions has undoubtedly heard the term denial.  What you may not know is that it&#8217;s fairly common not only for professionals but also for others to use the term improperly or in a poorly defined or over-generalized manner.  In classical (psychodynamic) psychology, denial is an unconscious [...]]]></description>
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