The Fast Walk: Spotting the Rushing Manipulator & Physical Cues

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Learn to identify the physical cues of manipulation, like the 'fast walk,' and understand how chronic manipulators use behavioral shifts to gain power and control.

The Fast Walk: Spotting the Rushing Manipulator & Physical Cues

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So how do you keep the door closed to manipulation and when do you open the door? Also like over sharing when do you share somthing vulnerable and when not like do you sense it or journal it? Ppl are sneaky at doing it and is the goal to always keep the door closed? No wonder he would walk in fast like he knew I opened the door to his tactics. Normally he walks in extremely slow

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