Paul Sharp - How to Analyze People: Dark Psychology Secrets to Read Body Language and Avoid Covert Manipulation

HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE

Dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation. Influence anyone to do what you want using mind control, hypnotism and brainwashing techniques

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Dark psychology refers to various techniques of mind control, coercion, and manipulation. It is regarded by some as a human consciousness concept that can be utilized to manipulate and control others for devious, malicious, or narcissistic purposes. Some consider it to be an art form that has been used by human beings for thousands of years, even before recorded history. The individuals in this latter group regard this skill set as one that falls within the normal range of human behavior and which human beings would derive benefit from learning about.

Of course, to the person manipulated dark psychology is not so commonplace. Most people who are manipulated by a narcissist or another person practicing the arts of dark psychology are unaware that they are being preyed upon. This is really the key to understanding dark psychology: recognizing that the persons targeted are prey whose interests and well-being are regarded as secondary to those of the predator(s). Whether dark psychology represents a normal type of human behavior is a subject that must be explored further as this is the foundation that many practitioners of this dark art rely on to advocate for their practices.

The truth is, even simple persuasion and coercion fall under the umbrella of dark psychology. These are the basic tools that practitioners use in their art for dramatic effect. One of the first things readers will notice is that semantics quickly become an issue in a review of this subject. Dark psychology practitioners engage in persuasion, which some may regard as being perhaps not so dangerous or ill-intentioned as manipulation, but is there really a difference? Indeed, most definitions of manipulation leave the distinction between this term and persuasion in murky waters.

HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation is designed to educate the reader about all aspects of the dark psychological art. Although the term dark psychology may be of recent date, the practices that fall within the scope of this concept include those that have been practiced since the beginning of human society. Even things like hypnosis or mesmerism are considered weapons of dark psychology because they represent tools that practitioners use to infiltrate the minds of their targets and potentially for purposes of mind control. As the reader will see in the discussion of neuro-linguistic programming, hypnosis can be used by a skilled operator to dramatic effect.

What makes dark psychology so dangerous (and so important to study) is the reality that these tricks tap into natural human tendencies for the suggestion, groupthink, emotional synergy, and other forms of imprinting that can easily be manipulated for someone who knows what they are doing. Indeed, some people are so adept at tapping into native human weaknesses that they perhaps do not know that their special brand of manipulation has a name and is actively studied by others hoping to learn the tricks of the trade.

Dark psychology is studied both by those who have an interest in practicing its arts for their own purposes and by those who hope to defend themselves from victimhood. Although there has been a tendency to shy away from constructs of victimization in order to show the extent to which human beings have agency in their own lives and in their interactions with others, the goal of dark psychological art is to prey on those weaker in its practices so these individuals really are victims, rhetoric or not.

What this means for the reader is that you need to understand dark psychology even if you have no intention of using its weapons against others. The harsh reality is that dark psychological tactics are more common now than ever before as human beings become more interconnected via television, the internet, IoT, and even globalization and explosive population growth. Perhaps you might like to imagine a world where everyone is kind to one another and there are no narcissists, liars, and manipulators, but that world does not exist. It has never existed.

Or perhaps you are on the other end of the spectrum. You have been manipulated and you desire to learn more about dark psychology in order to fight back. Although HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation is not written from the standpoint of arming the manipulator with a weapon-packed arsenal, this book does go into detail on the various tools of manipulation, persuasion, neuro-linguistic programming, and dark psychological arts. This allows targets of dark psychology to recognize when they are being preyed upon. You may find yourself equipped to fight back in your own way.

HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation approaches the subject from the standpoint of education. This is a topic that is presented objectively, with a review of the available data on the subjects contained herein. This book will approach dark psychology from both a theoretical understanding of the concepts that motivate this dark art and from a pragmatic standpoint: helping victims to recognize when they are being targeted in the form of recommendations and tips.

The first step in defending yourself from the dark psychological arts is understanding what they are. This is not as straightforward an endeavor as it may seem considering the degree to which some practitioners attempt to conceal their tactics and their motivation making information occasionally hard to find on this subject. Indeed, the more advanced (and dangerous) tactics are not readily found on the internet or in most dark psychology manuals because of a desire to keep the tools of the trade hidden, much as a magician hides the secrets to his tricks. That being so, the first chapter of HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation will provide the data definitions that you need to understand in order to have a solid approach to this subject.

The arts that comprise dark psychology are nothing new. From scrolls found in Ancient Egyptian tombs to cuneiform tablets from Babylon and other regions of Mesopotamia, historians are well aware that what we would today call dark psychology is a form of magic that has been around probably as long as there have been human beings. If people had something that they wanted then they were willing to use manipulation, persuasion, hypnosis, or other techniques to get it. In the second chapter, the history of dark psychology as an art will be reviewed. This includes a survey of some of the more fascinating minds that have delved into its waters, men like Rasputin who perhaps practiced NLP before there was a thing called NLP.