There is no use in trying to be honest with an emotional manipulator.
An emotional manipulator is the picture of a willing helper.
Crazy making - saying one thing and later assuring you they did not say it.
Guilt. Emotional manipulators are excellent guilt mongers.
Emotional manipulators fight dirty.
If you have a headache an emotional manipulator will have a brain tumor!
Emotional manipulators somehow have the ability to impact the emotional climate of those around them.
Emotional manipulators have no sense of accountability