When I was 13, I learned what manipulation felt like. I may not have noticed it, because I was in too much middle-school-love to see that he loved seeing my jealousy, loved to trick me, loved to trip me down the rabbit hole over and over again, with no end within my scope. I didn’t even know how to cope, because it didn’t seem like I was supposed to. Taking a step back and analyzing is the first step of taking your life back.