Playing the victim role: Manipulator portrays him- or herself as a victim of circumstance or of someone else's behavior in order to gain pity, sympathy or evoke compassion and thereby get something from another. Caring and conscientious people cannot stand to see anyone suffering and the manipulator often finds it easy to play on sympathy to get cooperation.
George K. Simon Jr., In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People
abuse, abusers, abusive-relationships, affection, emotional, empathic, empaths, empathy, evil, freedom, games, gaslighting, hate, hatred, learning, liberty, love, manipulation, mind, mind-control, narcissism, people, pleaser, psychology, psychopath, relationships, self-knowledge, victims, voluntaryism