Blocking someone keeps them at arms length and it keeps them muted in your life. It keeps them from having influence over you and it keeps them from manipulating you. These are good and often necessary steps to take to keep yourself mentally well.

Now, this can be easier to do, say with a classmate, random person on the internet or a friend of a friend, or it can be very difficult to do if this person is your parent or you live with them. The easy ones can be blocked rather quickly and easily, the difficult ones it may be a “soft block” or it may have to come in steps and you may even have to have a conversation with them and let them know how you feel and let them know you have boundaries. This can be difficult to do, but can be done and will be done one wya or another when they break you down enough and you’re just plain sick and tired of them.

Someone playing mind games or manipulating you or others is a sign that that person’s life may be out of control, or there are things and circumstances in that person’s life that they wish they could control, but cannot. For example if a person’s parents are getting divorced or someone close to them passes away, these are things they cannot control and will look to gain some kind of control by controlling others and playing mind games or manipulating them.

If you see this the case with this person, you’ll gain some insight and that insight might lead to understanding, an understanding of why this person is doing what they are doing. This will lead to you being less and less affected by them and their actions and this can all take place at a distance and blocking them gives you that distance.

My thoughts, I hope they help,

~greg