Manipulators may use all the right words to mess with your mind. However, your body is very perceptive to sense manipulation if you listen to it. If you feel tense, stressed, nervous, unable ro relax around someone, the chances that you are manipulated are high. Most women have a very good intuition about who is trustworthy and who is giving off bad vibes. Manipulators know this and constantly tell us to ignore our intuition and "give men a chance".

This is a reminder for you to check in on yourself how the presence of people makes you feel (this is important for dating but also applicable for other social situations). If you have a hard time listening to your intuition, check your body for stress symptoms. Do you have tensions in your muscles? In your core, your jaw or your shoulders? Are you shrinking yourself? Do you feel anxious about your behavior / speech / body language around someone? If yes, your body is sending you signals of stress and discomfort that you keep ignoring.

Remember that you don't need to justify why you you cut someone out of your life. If they make you feel unsafe, you already have all the reasons you need.