Read into manipulation tactics as a woman with autism

It probably saved my life gaining knowledge on these topics:

Counter criticism, Gaslighting, Playing the victim, Blame shifting, Guilt tripping, Projecting, Deflecting, Love bombing, Victim roles, Withholding, Plating dumb, Negging, Loaded questions, Word salad, Silent treatment, Love withdrawal, False dichotomy, Ultimatums, DARVO

There’s much more but a world has opened to me when I dove into this. I got out of a narcissistic relationship but I can now - after all of that - clearly see when people around me use these tactics and it results in way less self doubt.