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What exactly is grooming vs just straight up manipulation?
I was searching around cause of some of my own shit that happened in my 20s and I guess I’m just confused because I always thought it was just straight manipulation to gain my trust but then as I’m reading I’m wondering if it was actually grooming? But I always considered grooming to be a childhood thing. Cause isn’t grooming more geared to gaining trust (through manipulation of course), and “teaching” like becoming that mentor or hero person for the victim?
Sorry if this is a bit convoluted, I’m just trying to make sense of a really toxic and shitty situation. But I was an adult so couldn’t really be “taught” anymore so I was just manipulated right? I suppose it ultimately doesn’t matter what it was but I have a thing for keeping the right words for the right situations.
I was searching around cause of some of my own shit that happened in my 20s and I guess I’m just confused because I always thought it was just straight manipulation to gain my trust but then as I’m reading I’m wondering if it was actually grooming? But I always considered grooming to be a childhood thing. Cause isn’t grooming more geared to gaining trust (through manipulation of course), and “teaching” like becoming that mentor or hero person for the victim?
Sorry if this is a bit convoluted, I’m just trying to make sense of a really toxic and shitty situation. But I was an adult so couldn’t really be “taught” anymore so I was just manipulated right? I suppose it ultimately doesn’t matter what it was but I have a thing for keeping the right words for the right situations.