How You Get Manipulated – Part 1 October 20, 2008Abuse, Manipulation, Personality and Character Disorders, Relationshipsabuse, abusive, character disorder, control, controlling, disturbed character, exploit, manipulate, manipulation tactics, manipulative, manipulator, psychologyDr. Simon One reason people get manipulated is because commonly accepted psychological principles about why people do the things they do actually set a person up to be victimized!