Are You a Soft Target for Manipulators?

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Vulnerability to Manipulation
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9

If your score is between 31 and 40, you are extremely vulnerable to manipulation. It is quite likely that several other people have been pulling your strings for most of your life. At this point, you are virtually a guaranteed “soft target” for a manipulator.

If your score is between 21 and 30, you are very vulnerable to manipulation. You have likely experienced several manipulative relationships in your life and remain quite vulnerable to further manipulation in the future.

If your score is between 11 and 20, you are somewhat susceptible to manipulation. Under the right circumstances, a manipulator could well gain control over you.

If your score is between 1 and 10, you are only slightly vulnerable to manipulation. However, you are not entirely invulnerable; nobody is.

If you scored a 0, you are not an easy target for a manipulator. However, you would be unwise to believe that you are completely invulnerable to manipulation. Remember, anybody can fall prey to a skilled manipulator under the right circumstances. It is possible that those circumstances have yet to visit you.

References

  • Harriet B. Braiker. Who's Pulling Your Strings? How to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Control of Your Life. McGraw-Hill, 2004
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