Form: Are You in a Manipulative Relationship?

male form | female form
1 – Strongly agree
2 – Agree somewhat
3 – Agree slightly
4 – Disagree somewhat
5 – Strongly disagree
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I often feel that I just do not know how to make HER happy.
2
I sometimes feel confused and unclear about what SHE really wants.
3
It mostly feels to me that HER needs dominate our relationship.
4
I often wind up feeling more to blame for problems in my relationship with HER than she does.
5
I feel that SHE does not understand my needs in this relationship.
6
I sometimes feel resentful and angry toward HER.
7
I rarely express my negative feelings to HER.
8
I sometimes feel that SHE has more control over my feelings and behavior than I do.
9
I sometimes feel that SHE is using or exploiting my giving nature.
10
More and more, I feel dissatisfied and frustrated with the way SHE treats me.
11
I believe that I am much better at meeting HER needs than the other way around.
12
I often feel that I have to choose my words very carefully around HER.
13
I say and do things to try to avoid angering or upsetting HER.
14
I sometimes feel that SHE takes me for granted.
15
Instead of expressing my anger directly toward HER, I often direct my anger inward and wind up feeling bad about myself, sometimes even depressed.
16
When I think about my relationship with HER, I realize that I do not feel as good about myself as I once did.
17
I'm not sure that SHE really has my best interests at heart.
18
I often feel that I need HER far more than she needs me.
19
I sometimes feel that I am trapped in my relationship with HER with no clear way out.
20
I am better off checking first with HER about a decision or action than relying on my own judgment and risk making a big mistake.
21
I often feel that SHE has more control over my feelings and behavior than I have over her feelings and behavior.
22
I worry frequently about upsetting, disappointing, or letting HER down.
23
I often feel that something bad will happen if I do not do what SHE wants.
24
No matter how much I do for HER, she has a way of making me feel that I have not done enough.
25
I have sometimes thought that SHE intimidates me with her anger, moods, or emotionality.
26
I often feel in my relationship with HER that I do not have much freedom to really be myself or to do what I really want.
27
SHE has a very strong influence over how I feel, think, and/or act.
28
I do not feel that I can do much to change HER.
29
Even when I do something that really pleases HER or makes her happy, the good feelings never seem to last very long.
30
I work much harder at this relationship than SHE seems to.

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