Some types of manipulation are easy to see. For example:

But other types of manipulation can be harder to spot, especially when it's covert and you're the one engaging in it. Covert manipulation refers to subtle ways of trying to influence what other people think, feel, and do.

Covert manipulation can be hard to recognize not only for others but even for the manipulator, for several reasons:

The subtlety of covert manipulation doesn't make it more........

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