Manipulation: A Complete Guide to Navigating Toxic Relationships (Defend Yourself From Insidious Tactics and Learn to Recognize Covert Manipulation) #985511

Individuals who employ dark psychology often do so with malicious intent, seeking to influence, control, or exploit others for various forms of personal gain—financial, emotional, sexual, social, or other self-serving incentives.

In relation to the psychological essence of the various kinds of people who prey on others, dark psychology can be seen as studying the human condition. The truth is that there is the potential for any single human being to victimize other people or other living creatures. Most people prefer to suppress their dark impulses and prevent themselves from acting on any desire they have because of social norms, a human conscience, and other factors. There is, however, a small percentage of the population that is unable to hold their dark impulses in check.