08/11/2025
I have no idea who these are however please don’t listen to any advice without knowing the meaning behind what you are doing.
1-Conditional kindness means offering warmth, support, or approval only when conditions are met, and withholding them when they’re not.
It’s often seen as a form of psychological control or manipulation, because it teaches people that affection or acceptance must be earned through compliance.
Barber (2002) — under psychological control, where parents use love withdrawal or conditional approval to influence children’s behavior.
2- Emotional blackmail is a type of manipulation where someone uses fear, obligation, or guilt (often called “FOG”) to pressure another person into doing what they want (Forward, 1997 — Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You).
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Emotional-Blackmail%3A-When-the-People-in-Your-Life-Forward-Frazier/12dd5ba47f78cfb9a945c1f65607f170ac15b394
https://drcachildress-consulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/attorney-psychological-control-quotes.pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2848360/ #:~:text=Feeling%20powerless%20and%20in%20pain,relationship%20between%20shame%20and%20aggression
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7385226/ #:~:text=Conditions%20of%20worth%20are%20viewed,toward%20one’s%20own%20growth%20process.