Identifying the signs of toxic or manipulative behavior while dating
Love and Abuse
Paul Colaianni
4.6 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2019
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
It can be a challenge to see the signs of toxic behavior when you first start dating someone, especially if things seem to be going well. After all, who wouldn't want to be told they're wonderful and a dream come true?
The beginning of a relationship is a great time to assess the other person's behavior to make sure they are showing up as authentic instead of putting on an act to eventually take away your power.
Important episode no matter where you are in your relationship.
Love and Abuse is the official podcast of The M.E.A.N. Workbook on manipulation and emotional abuse at loveandabuse.com. #loveandabuse
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Love and Abuse, the show about helping you identify poisonous communication and toxic behavior. |
| 0:07.4 | You deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. |
| 0:10.9 | That's why it's important that you learn to pinpoint manipulative and controlling behavior |
| 0:15.1 | so that you keep your power and your sanity. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm your host, Paul Koliani. |
| 0:28.7 | Music power and your sanity. I'm your host, Paul Koliani. All right, today I want to go over the signs of dating a toxic or manipulative person. |
| 0:37.7 | And this is for people that are just starting dating or have been dating for a few months. |
| 0:44.0 | And this will help you identify certain red flags during dating that give you a clue of how the |
| 0:53.5 | relationship is going to turn out. If it's going to get any |
| 0:57.1 | better or is it going to get worse? Is it going to become emotionally abusive or manipulative or |
| 1:03.6 | toxic in any way? Now with a list like this, you have to look at the bigger picture. Before I go over |
| 1:09.7 | a few of these warning signs or red flags, you just have to look at the bigger picture. Before I go over a few of these warning signs |
| 1:12.2 | or red flags, you just have to be aware that just because you have one doesn't mean it's a bad |
| 1:18.9 | relationship or it's going to be a toxic relationship. It just means, hey, you might have |
| 1:24.1 | something to talk about. Or there might be a flag that was kind of under the radar, |
| 1:29.3 | but you knew about it, but you weren't sure if it was going to get any worse. And maybe this list |
| 1:35.1 | will help you out. So here we go. I'm going to share the signs you're looking for while you're |
| 1:42.2 | dating. And this can apply to established relationships as well, |
| 1:46.1 | but this usually happens at the beginning of a relationship. And one of the red flags that I like |
| 1:52.7 | to tell people about is over delivering. This is where love bombing, gift bombing, compliment bombing, |
| 2:00.6 | servitude bombs, I'll explain these in a moment, |
| 2:03.6 | fulfillment of your wildest dream bombs, and anything else that you find amazingly wonderful, |
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