In simple terms, a mind game is a course of psychologically manipulative behavior intended to discomfit another person or gain an advantage over them.
It is very common for us to come across people who play mind games. Be it in offices, relationships, or other personal relationships, mind games are very common.
In addition, certain men often try to play mind games on their partners in relationships. Here are 7 mind games that insecure men play on women.
1. The blame game
It is very common for insecure men to play senseless mind games with women just because they lack the self-esteem to be real and own up to their mistakes. Such men will do or say anything to get the attention away from themselves and make you feel bad instead.
2. Playing with your emotions
Once you start developing feelings for each other, this game comes into play. He might start treating you like your presence is not needed or is bothering him. The aim here is to put you on an emotional edge and make you worry if your last romantic outing or date wasn’t as perfect as it appeared to you.
3. The exploiting game
Insecure men develop a constant hunger for reassurance and favors. He will exploit your emotions to get you into doing favors you ordinarily might not find comfortable. Furthermore, whenever you will gather the courage to refuse, he will make you feel guilty.
4. He always tells you that your friends are jealous of him
He knows your friends are a threat to whatever manipulative mind games he is trying to adopt. Besides wanting you all to himself to control you, he also wants to make sure you are cut off from your friends. Thus, when you introduce him to your friends, you might notice unfriendly behavior, smirking, or generally being a jerk.
5. It’s your fault all of a sudden
When you have an argument, you will notice how skillfully he will make something you didn’t even do suddenly your fault. He will make you feel guilty for it and turn it into something much bigger than it should have been.
6. Being mean
Since his charming and supposedly caring attributes were only used to woo you, he will suddenly start to behave meanly since he can’t continue to pretend to be nice forever. Manipulating you and oppressing you makes him feel like he is in control.
7. Accusation game
Emotionally insecure men are usually unhappy with themselves. This causes distrust which leads to accusing their partner at the slightest opportunity. If you happen to be living with an emotionally insecure person, it can be very exhausting when all your moves are questioned.
