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She recently commented to me on an altercation she had with someone where she said:
"My staring and smiling at her while she was talking to me seemed to make her more angry."
She went home that night and cried herself to sleep as the person accused her of being rude, (since LE, she really can be). She told me that she should have been stronger by: "blocking it out". She appears not to have a clue what is wrong with her.
I believe that NLPers would refer to the staring and smiling type of technique as "neutralising".
This could also be termed "inappropriate affect" in psychological terms.
In my case I displayed it as a symptom of trauma, I'd be flat and calm expressioned while speaking of past horrors.
This can be both a sign of trauma and also something that is taught as a technique.
Through the Forum and various cult involvements, I was trained and encouraged to manipulate my own emotions and responses.
Could be said that Landmark and other such groups are truly teaching and triggering people to be Narcissists.
And all of it encourages disassociation. Those of us who learned how to disassociate as a coping strategy during traumatic childhoods may be especially vulnerable.
Sarah