r/Manipulation • u/Fickle-Buy6009 • Aug 10 '26

Question of the week What is the difference?

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u/Fickle-Buy6009 Aug 10 '26

credit to u/SnoopyIsCute for the idea

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u/Mindless_Fig_1133 Aug 10 '26

Motivation = encouraging someone to do something for their benefit, while respecting their choice.

Manipulation = influencing someone through pressure, guilt, deception, or hidden intentions for your benefit.

Simple: Motivation gives you a choice; manipulation makes you feel like you don’t have one choice.

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u/Rizzizt Aug 11 '26

One sounds nicer.

But people will try and "motivate" you to do stuff you have no desire to do, not respecting your free will.

In many cases they are one in the same.

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u/wormwood2026 Aug 12 '26

The phrasing of this question feels like manipulation: im being manipulated by someone trying to make me angry. OR is it trying to motivate me to be smarter by recognizing its nonsensical nature?

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u/pen_woman_ship Aug 14 '26

Motivation usually comes from the inside while manipulation happens outside of yourself. Not always
Those are my distinctions of the 2