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powerful manipulator will know how to use both traits and harness the

combined power of both, avoiding any outright displays of overt-aggression

while still being able to intimidate another enough to get them to do what

you want. Covert-aggression is a manipulator’s preferred mode of operation

when it comes to interpersonal interaction.

Covert-aggression is not necessarily an act that is reserve for manipulators

alone. Almost everyone has engaged in some form of covertly aggressive

behavior every now and then. Occasionally have to resort to covert-

aggressive behavior for one reason or another does not mean you have a

covert-aggressive type of personality. When you habitually repeat this type
of behavior the way a manipulator does, then it becomes part of your

personality.

Manipulators with covert-aggressive personalities rely on a steady diet of

control, deception, and manipulation to keep them going. This tactic has
become a part of who they are, and their preferred way of dealing with

everyone else around them to get things done the way they want it to go.

For those who have never experienced it first-hand, they might have a hard

time understanding why victims of manipulation have a hard time realizing

what’s going on, and why they fail to see that they’re being taken advantage
of. It can be tempting to brush the victims off and assume that they’re

foolish for allowing themselves to be manipulated in that way. That is until

you come to understand that there are very good reasons why the victims

fail to realize they’re being manipulated until it’s too late. Especially when

the manipulator relies on covert-aggression to hoodwink their targets.
Covert-aggression in the hands of a manipulator is so effective because: