A question was sent to me regarding whether or not you can be ‘brainwashed’ into an affair. These days, psychology is used in manipulating you in many ways. These include behaviors from your shopping patterns to your voting patterns.
There are military units trained in psychological warfare. They have perfected ways and methods of manipulation. Psyops (psychological operations) have come a long way since their inception.
There’s even a whole branch of government that deals with manipulating behavior, called DARPA (The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).
Propaganda, fake news, disinformation, along with electronic stimulation are used in manipulating what you think. They change what you think and how you think. Given the level of sophistication of these tools for manipulation it’s not a stretch of imagination for them to be used to brainwashing you into an affair.
Some seducers use chemicals (Flunitrazepam aka Rohypnol, Rohipnol, Roipnol or ‘roofies’) to sleep with their victims, it is not unheard of for them to use psychological methods in a self-serving manner as well.
There are even courses which train people on ‘how to seduce’ others. I have seen instructional books on ways of using neurolinguistic programming (NLP) as a tool in manipulating others into doing what you want.
I mention all that to let you know that the tools to ‘brainwash’ and manipulate you into an affair exists. The ‘know how’ of brainwashing (manipulating) a person into an affair exists. There are also some seducers who willing use these tools.
So the answer to whether you can be brainwashed into an affair, the answer is “Yes” or for some of you”Damn Skippy!” (In other words, there ain’t no doubt).
The public often uses the term ‘brainwash’ when they mean ‘being manipulated into an affair. Brainwashed is a term often associated with re-programming the brain. Seducers often don’t attempt totally reprogramming your brain, at least initially.
Once you get into the affair, they work on manipulating you into acts taking you deeper and deeper into the affair dynamic. I’ve worked with victims of such measures and have seen how powerful they can be.
In many cases, victims are groomed for such manipulation. The seducer first seduces the victims brain. Once the brain is seduced, the rest is easier. Since many people stay in a passive mode of act-react, they use this against them.
When a potential victim keeps their mind in an ‘active mode’, they’re not so easily brainwashed. There are steps you can take that reduce the likelihood of you being manipulated. You don’t have to be a victim. If you have been a victim, there are steps you can take to ‘break free’ of the tools being used against you.
I talk about affairs and dealing with them in my video “Getting Past the Affair Crisis” You’d be surprised at how many solutions there are and what you can do if you or your spouse has been brainwashed into an affair. Although one of you fell, it’s going to take both of you in getting out of it.
Best Regards,
Jeff
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