Published On Feb 24, 2024
Negging or backhanded compliments are repeated and escalating insults and personal attacks disguised as compliments or even as flattery: compliment what you do but attack who you are.
They are meant to leverage your vulnerabilities and push your buttons. They can incorporate public shaming. They adversely affect self-esteem.
Sadistic help is succor or advice that comes replete with extreme devaluation disguised as "tough love".
Both involve brutal, dysempathic honesty and passive-aggression. Both are forms of intermittent reinforcement.
Unfavorably comparing you to other people and insults disguised as collective criticism (criticizing you - not your actions).
For example:
• “Well, don’t you look fabulous? I would never have the courage to wear my hair like that.”
• “I’m so proud of you for quitting smoking! Too bad you already have all those little lines on your face.”
• “Congratulations for winning the ice dancing competition! Maybe some day you’ll give a real sport a try.”
• In some culture being overweight is considered very attractive!
• People are attracted to intelligence, not necessarily to good looks.
• They are leveraging your narcissism and paranoia to play you for a fool
• Let me fix this for you. You have never been good with your hands.
• Being a good parent is not everything in life.
• Don't try to do it. You are not good at it.
• I don't mind the costs of being with you. That's what friends are for.
• This dress would look fabulous on you once you had lost some weight.
Add you own examples.
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