How to Analyze People

by Paul Sharp

  HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE

  Dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation. Influence anyone to do what you want using mind control, hypnotism and brainwashing techniques

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  Table of Contents

  Introduction

  Chapter 1: What Is Dark Psychology?

  The Psychological Approach to Dark Psychology

  An Example of Mind Control Using Dark Psychology

  The Aspects of Dark Psychology and Mind Control

  Chapter 2: A Brief History of Dark Psychology

  Ritualized Behaviors in Human Society

  History of the Study of Dark Psychology

  Famous Manipulators throughout History

  Chapter 3: Basics of Manipulation

  Psychological Manipulation

  Why People Manipulate Others

  Typical Characteristics of a Manipulator

  Chapter 4: Basics of Persuasion

  How to Influence People

  How You Can Condition Others (And Be Conditioned Too)

  Chapter 5: Neuro-linguistic Programming

  NLP: What Is It?

  History of NLP

  The Techniques of NLP

  Chapter 6: How to Analyze People

  Non-verbal Communication

  Differentiating Fake from Real Emotion

  Tips to Identify A Liar

  Chapter 7: How to Read Body Language

  Chapter 8: 10 Tips to Defend Yourself from Manipulation

  Chapter 9: 10 Tips to Guard Yourself from Mind Control

  Frequently Asked Questions

  Conclusion

  Introduction

  Dark psychology refers to various techniques of mind control, coercion, and manipulation. It is regarded by some as a human consciousness concept that can be utilized to manipulate and control others for devious, malicious, or narcissistic purposes. Some consider it to be an art form that has been used by human beings for thousands of years, even before recorded history. The individuals in this latter group regard this skill set as one that falls within the normal range of human behavior and which human beings would derive benefit from learning about.

  Of course, to the person manipulated dark psychology is not so commonplace. Most people who are manipulated by a narcissist or another person practicing the arts of dark psychology are unaware that they are being preyed upon. This is really the key to understanding dark psychology: recognizing that the persons targeted are prey whose interests and well-being are regarded as secondary to those of the predator(s). Whether dark psychology represents a normal type of human behavior is a subject that must be explored further as this is the foundation that many practitioners of this dark art rely on to advocate for their practices.

  The truth is, even simple persuasion and coercion fall under the umbrella of dark psychology. These are the basic tools that practitioners use in their art for dramatic effect. One of the first things readers will notice is that semantics quickly become an issue in a review of this subject. Dark psychology practitioners engage in persuasion, which some may regard as being perhaps not so dangerous or ill-intentioned as manipulation, but is there really a difference? Indeed, most definitions of manipulation leave the distinction between this term and persuasion in murky waters.

  HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation is designed to educate the reader about all aspects of the dark psychological art. Although the term dark psychology may be of recent date, the practices that fall within the scope of this concept include those that have been practiced since the beginning of human society. Even things like hypnosis or mesmerism are considered weapons of dark psychology because they represent tools that practitioners use to infiltrate the minds of their targets and potentially for purposes of mind control. As the reader will see in the discussion of neuro-linguistic programming, hypnosis can be used by a skilled operator to dramatic effect.

  What makes dark psychology so dangerous (and so important to study) is the reality that these tricks tap into natural human tendencies for the suggestion, groupthink, emotional synergy, and other forms of imprinting that can easily be manipulated for someone who knows what they are doing. Indeed, some people are so adept at tapping into native human weaknesses that they perhaps do not know that their special brand of manipulation has a name and is actively studied by others hoping to learn the tricks of the trade.

  Dark psychology is studied both by those who have an interest in practicing its arts for their own purposes and by those who hope to defend themselves from victimhood. Although there has been a tendency to shy away from constructs of victimization in order to show the extent to which human beings have agency in their own lives and in their interactions with others, the goal of dark psychological art is to prey on those weaker in its practices so these individuals really are victims, rhetoric or not.

  What this means for the reader is that you need to understand dark psychology even if you have no intention of using its weapons against others. The harsh reality is that dark psychological tactics are more common now than ever before as human beings become more interconnected via television, the internet, IoT, and even globalization and explosive population growth. Perhaps you might like to imagine a world where everyone is kind to one another and there are no narcissists, liars, and manipulators, but that world does not exist. It has never existed.

  Or perhaps you are on the other end of the spectrum. You have been manipulated and you desire to learn more about dark psychology in order to fight back. Although HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation is not written from the standpoint of arming the manipulator with a weapon-packed arsenal, this book does go into detail on the various tools of manipulation, persuasion, neuro-linguistic programming, and dark psychological arts. This allows targets of dark psychology to recognize when they are being preyed upon. You may find yourself equipped to fight back in your own way.

  HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation approaches the subject from the standpoint of education. This is a topic that is presented objectively, with a review of the available data on the subjects contained herein. This book will approach
dark psychology from both a theoretical understanding of the concepts that motivate this dark art and from a pragmatic standpoint: helping victims to recognize when they are being targeted in the form of recommendations and tips.

  The first step in defending yourself from the dark psychological arts is understanding what they are. This is not as straightforward an endeavor as it may seem considering the degree to which some practitioners attempt to conceal their tactics and their motivation making information occasionally hard to find on this subject. Indeed, the more advanced (and dangerous) tactics are not readily found on the internet or in most dark psychology manuals because of a desire to keep the tools of the trade hidden, much as a magician hides the secrets to his tricks. That being so, the first chapter of HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE: dark psychology secrets to read body language and avoid covert manipulation will provide the data definitions that you need to understand in order to have a solid approach to this subject.

  The arts that comprise dark psychology are nothing new. From scrolls found in Ancient Egyptian tombs to cuneiform tablets from Babylon and other regions of Mesopotamia, historians are well aware that what we would today call dark psychology is a form of magic that has been around probably as long as there have been human beings. If people had something that they wanted then they were willing to use manipulation, persuasion, hypnosis, or other techniques to get it. In the second chapter, the history of dark psychology as an art will be reviewed. This includes a survey of some of the more fascinating minds that have delved into its waters, men like Rasputin who perhaps practiced NLP before there was a thing called NLP.

  Manipulation is the most basic form of dark psychology as it represents a practice that some men and women do willingly, others do inadvertently, and yet others practice so they can have it available when they need it. Manipulation is a term loaded with connotations, and the first step to addressing it is understanding what it is. In the third chapter, manipulation as a psychological tool will be explored, the question of why people manipulate will be answered, and a review of the major characteristics of the manipulator will be examined.

  Persuasion is perhaps the gateway drug of dark psychology. Persuasion is a tactic that most people do without assigning any malign motivation to their actions. Truth is, a persuasion is really a nice form of manipulation, without the negative connotations of the latter term. As it is not possible for this book to rework the English language to make a clear distinction between manipulation and persuasion, it will instead take the usual approach: viewing persuasion as something usually benign but with the potential of being more serious. In chapter four, the basics of persuasion will be reviewed (including how you too can influence others if you so choose) and it will be explained how you can be conditioned by other people (or condition others yourself).

  Neuro-linguistic programming is a field that has increased in popularity as psychologists, hypnotists, public speakers, and others have learned the skills that men and women can use to induce mind control. Neuro-linguistic programming, or NLP, recognizes the link between our words, our thoughts, and our behaviors. Our words and thoughts serve as powerful motivators not only of our actions but of our outcomes. In the fifth chapter, we will review the history, main components, and different techniques of NLP.

  Dark psychology does not have to be so dark. The arts of this school of practices can be used to do things as simple as analyzing people to determine what their emotions are. In the field of emotional intelligence, emotional accuracy is considered among the most important skills. This is the skill that allows you to accurately determine what another person’s emotion is, something which is easy to take for granted. Skills of analyzing people are important to defend yourself from becoming another person’s psychological prey. How will you protect yourself if you cannot pick up on non-verbal cues, recognize a liar, and distinguish real from false emotion? All of this and more will be explored in the sixth chapter.

  Human beings are social creatures, which means that we evolved to be around one another and we have the capacity to read one another without speech. This is perhaps a legacy of our primate origin, although it is present in other animal species, as well. We use body language as a form of non-verbal communication. This type of “talking” can accentuate speech or it can be a standalone means used to get a point across. Even a dog can recognize when a person is angry or happy based on their body language so it is about time that you developed some basic skills in this area too. Tips on how to read body language will be explored in the seventh chapter.

  If you are dealing with someone using the arts of dark psychology, or you just want to be prepared for all the narcissists and manipulators that are swimming around out there then you need to be equipped with an arsenal of recommendations that will come in handy in the interactions that you have. One of the pitfalls of being human is that it is natural for us to become linked as people in an emotional and psychological sense. We feed off of the emotions of others, and part of this pattern of thought and behavior has to do with hormones. Of course, this is an area that science still has a lot of discovery to clarify, but our tendency as people to be emotionally imprinted by others renders us very vulnerable to manipulation and mind control.

  Naturally, you cannot rewrite your DNA code to prevent you from being susceptible to manipulation, but you can learn some tips to guard against the tactics that others are likely to use against you. In the eighth chapter, you will learn the ten most powerful tips that any man or woman can use to defend themselves from manipulation. As we as people may occasionally find that it is too late to defend as we have already been manipulated, we also need to learn the tools necessary to break free. In chapter nine, ten powerful tools of releasing the hold of the manipulator or narcissist will be revealed.

  Dark psychology is an art that weaves seamlessly into the natural workings of the human mind. Human beings are capable of behaving almost like a single organism: syncing up in ways so nuanced that many people live and die without ever really realizing that they never had free will. If you are like most people, you have a desire for some free will in your life, even if you do recognize the value of being interconnected. Dark psychology can deprive you of your free will, but not if your defenses are up. It all begins with understanding how these artists work, and that begins with educating yourself on the subject.

  Chapter 1: What Is Dark Psychology?

  Human behavior can be approached from the standpoint of behavior being purposeful or behavior is the result of imprinting or programming. This is an important idea in psychology because it analyzes why human beings do the things that they do. Are we behaving out of a specific motivation to achieve a goal that we are conscious of, or do we behave out of motivations that are unconscious and of which we do not exercise control? What is interesting about the field of dark psychology is that it represents the meeting point of purposive behavior and behaviors that are not a result of individual motivation.

  What this means is that the practitioner of the arts of dark psychology may be acting out of a conscious motivation to do harm or to prey on another person while the victim is susceptible because their own behavior is not entirely purposeful: they are vulnerable to imprinting and external control. On the other hand, the argument can be made that the predator to behaves out of motivations that are not completely conscious. Living in the individualistic world that characterizes the modern West it may be hard for us to understand how acts that are harmful to others and malicious can be unconscious, but this is an important concept in psychology and it is important to address it as sort of a preamble to dark psychology.

  It has been argued that all human beings possess the capacity to behave in dark or malicious ways. Occasionally the term maleficent is used to indicate those behaviors whose motivations are malicious and of whom the doer knows that they are malicious. Of course, the issue with dark psychology comes when the question is posed whether people who give in to these dark motivations do it out of a free will or if they ac
t out of an unconscious tendency that represents a well of human behaviors that many choose to ignore.

  The question of whether human beings are inherently good or perhaps not so good is one that has been pondered for centuries, although it perhaps as a particular area of focus in the Age of Reason that reached its climax in the late 18th century. Writers like Rousseau, Diderot, Goethe, and Voltaire pondered this idea of the goodness of man, and the conclusions that they reached were naturally an extension of their own observations and experiences.

  A common theme in these meanderings was a tendency to approach the issue of Man’s goodness not from the standpoint of religious doctrine, but from the approach of critical observation and hypothesis forming. This sort of approach represented a divergence from the prior scholarly debate on the subject because society, even in the 18th century, still approached scientific study from the views of the established churches in European countries at the time. Indeed, in many cases anatomical studies of the human body for scientific pursuit purposes were not allowed, leading to an active black market for body snatching.

  What Voltaire and others had to do (and what writers on the subject today also do) is an attempt to approach the issue of human motivation and human goodness without the baggage of doctrines that perhaps attempt to color human beings as better than they are. The idea here is not to suggest that at any particular religion is incorrect in its assertion that human beings are good and bad, but to allow the subject to be approached objectively without being influenced by ideas that may actually be dysfunctional for people attempting to navigate through the subject.

  Indeed, the manipulator and the liar rely on the gullibility and “goodness” of their victim to allow their lies and their manipulative arts to have a dramatic effect. Voltaire wrote Candide and other works because he did not believe that the teachings of the established church adequately prepared the sensitive soul from the pitfalls that they would face in the world. He was not alone in this presumption. The much-maligned Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade, also believed that human beings behaved with dark motivations and his own writings suggested that people would benefit from behaving more benignly towards one another.