Guilt Induction

One of the most common tricks of psychological manipulators is that they are very skillful in making you feel guilty about things you refuse to do. All actions that are beyond their control are used to "blackmail" and make you feel responsible for pleasing them, even if those are things you do not want to do. When emotions take over, you easily submit to others, and in the long run, you will lose your true feelings. You can only be happy when someone allows you to be, and must be sad when someone wants you to be sad.

Sowing insecurity

If you are an emotional person, emotional traps will be set to control you to follow the wishes and impositions of others. By sowing insecurity in your heart, making you feel bad or anxious, urging you to make decisions when you are not really ready. When we are insecure, it is difficult to know what we really want, so don't act hastily.

Exaggerate the consequences

Manipulators often use exaggerated consequences to pressure you emotionally, making you willingly act according to their wishes out of fear. They often make you feel like the situation is worse than it really is, forcing you to take action to resolve your emotional issues, even if you haven’t had time to consider solutions.
To avoid being manipulated, slow down and check to see if the “threats” are true, if things are really as serious as they say.