A dating coach has broken down the manipulative tactic used by toxic partners, revealing how they will offer up backhanded compliments that might seem sweet at first, but are really a means of breaking your spirit and your confidence.
Sabrina Zohar, 33, frequently shares advice with those seeking love and those already coupled up to her over 422,000 TikTok followers.
Most recently, the California-based love specialist detailed a common relationship trick known as negging, which is used when someone wants to ’emotionally manipulate’ you.
Sabrina revealed that negging in relationships can often be disguised as ‘constructive criticism’ and makes you question your self-worth.
Sabrina Zohar, 33, is a dating coach who has broken down the manipulative tactic used by toxic partners in relationships that sees them giving you backhanded compliments
She frequently shares advice with those seeking love and those already coupled up to her over 422,000 TikTok followers
Most recently, the California-based love specialist detailed a common relationship trick known as negging
She captioned the clip: ‘What is negging in dating?’
The dating coach explained that negging is a form of ’emotional manipulation.’
‘When somebody gives backhanded compliments and comments and insults the other person and tries to disguise them as constructive criticism,’ she said.
Sabrina noted that this can make you feel ‘vulnerable’.
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She also revealed that will cause you to ‘question’ yourself.
When you begin to question your self-worth, you may start to believe the insults the manipulator is saying.
The love specialist explained that someone will begin negging others to make themselves feel better and boost their own ego.
‘People that neg usually have really low self-esteem.
Sabrina revealed that negging in relationships can often be disguised as ‘constructive criticism’ and makes you question your self-worth
While giving examples of negging, she advised her followers to get out of the relationship if their partner is negging them
They feel like they need to put somebody else down, so that other person is constantly trying to seek their approval and that makes them have some self-worth,’ she explained.
According to the dating expert, some examples of negging include, ‘I’m surprised you’re as funny as my ex. You’re a lot smarter than I thought you would be.
‘Your best friend is in great shape, you should take some advice from her. You’re so pretty when you have makeup on.’
Sabrina advised those in relationships with people who use this manipulative tactic to ‘run as fast as f***ing possible.’
‘Nothing you do is going to change them, it’s only going to add fuel to the fire,’ she added.
