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become overly emotional and prone to doing something you
might regret.

To Accept Your Own Skills - Dealing with a manipulator
requires a certain level of emotional intelligence to be able to

successfully fend them off. Patience, maturity, discipline, self-
control and self-regulation and the tools that you need to keep
you from losing your temper or reacting in a way that you might
regret (some people will push your buttons far enough and take

pleasure in seeing you fly off the handle). Having an awareness
about your own skills and what you’re capable off can help you
stand your ground and keep things from escalating out of
control. For example, if you think you might not be emotionally

resilient or confident enough just yet to stand your ground
against a manipulator, enlist the help of a trusted friend to be the
mediator in the situation. If you’re more comfortable sending a
professional email rather than confront the person head-on

(assuming it is something which can be resolved through email),
it is okay to send an email too if this gives you more confidence.
Might be a good idea in some cases to have black and white
proof of your correspondence, since some manipulators will try

to disarm you and make you doubt yourself by denying what
you’ve said if they know there’s no way you can prove it. Don’t
feel bad about having to ask for help if you need it, building the
necessary resilience and emotional intelligence to stand up to a

domineering personality can take time. You will get there
eventually and until then, knowing your own strengths and
current skill level will help you make the most of what you have.

To Determine Your Boundaries - For the relationships that you
can’t quite eliminate from your life entirely, the next best thing

you can do is to reframe your boundary levels. As hard as it may
be to accept that your loved one could be capable of such a thing,
you need to come to terms with it so you can then begin working