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Emotional Blackmail 

When the people in your life use fear, obligation, and guilt to manipulate you. It is a very powerful form of manipulation in which the person directly or indirectly threatens to punish you if you don't compile with how they want you to behave.

Some examples of things Emotional Blackmailers say are: "If you really loved me..." "After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..."
An emotional blackmail artist will use your vulberabilities and deepest secrets against you.
Emotional Blackmail by OneBadAsp October 22, 2006
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Emotional blackmail 

A form of blackmail that usually doesn't affect you directly, however makes you feel guilty if you do not do what the blackmailer wants.

Emotional blackmail often happens when someone refuses to be the blackmailer's boyfriend/girlfriend.
Emotional Blackmail often consists of crying, cutting themselves, or even as far as threatening to commit suicide.

Emotional Blackmail 

When someone tries to get you to do something by suggesting that you will be hurting a loved one, a pet, etc etc.
"I think its insensitive, you shouldn't do it. BUT it's your decision, you do what you wanna do" ~ emotional blackmailing cunt.

Emotional Blackmail 

No.
Hym "No... 'Emotional Blackmail' is using 'your kids' (in abstraction) to aggregate unearned power and grant yourself extra-judicial authority over other people. You're the ones who chose to subject them to reality. They aren't going to be safe either way, so, no... You don't get to be God unto Pharoah. End of discussion."
Emotional Blackmail by Hym Iam April 27, 2023

Emojinal Blackmail 

When someone uses emojis to make you feel guilty about something you have or haven’t done.
Bloke: I’m not gonna be round later I’m off to the pub with the lads.
Mrs: that’s fine 😔
Bloke: that’s emojinal blackmail
Emojinal Blackmail by Wavey Davey February 9, 2019
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