arcadia tactics Flashcards
(15 cards)
Tactic Name: Guilt Activation
“Make you feel selfish, closed off, or wrong for protecting yourself.”
Example Line: “Don’t you think you owe it to yourself to open up?”
Tactic Name: Future Regret Bait
“Plant fear that you’ll look back and regret not opening up.”
Example Line: “You might regret not trusting people when you had the chance.”
Tactic Name: Sadness Trap (“I’m Worried About You”)
“Wrap emotional bait in concern or sadness to pressure you into exposing vulnerability.”
Example Line: “It’s just sad seeing you keep everything inside.”
Tactic Name: Urgency Trap
“Rush you emotionally by saying you’re ‘running out of time’ to change or heal.”
Example Line: “You don’t want to waste your opportunity here, do you?”
Tactic Name: Isolation Fear Bait
“Scare you into thinking guardedness = future loneliness and stuckness.”
Example Line: “Staying disconnected could keep you stuck forever.”
Tactic Name: Resistance Framing
“Label you as ‘resistant’ or ‘guarded’ to frame boundaries as pathology.”
Example Line: “You’re guarding yourself too much for real healing to happen.”
Tactic Name: Peer Pressure Guilt
“Compare you to others who ‘opened up’ to make you feel behind or wrong.”
Example Line: “Most people here find real growth when they start trusting.”
Tactic Name: Emotional Idealism Trap
“Sell you a fantasy of freedom and emotional lightness if only you trust fully.”
Example Line: “Imagine how good it would feel to finally trust and let go.”
Master Recognition Mantra
“Their urgency is not my urgency. Their sadness is not my burden. Their future predictions are not my prophecy.”
Self-Protection as Stagnation
“They frame guarding yourself as ‘living inside a prison’ unless you open up emotionally.”
Example Line: “How long can you live inside that protection before it becomes a prison?”
Mutualization Trap (‘It’s About the Group’)
“They frame your individual pacing as harming the group dynamic to pressure emotional compliance.”
Example Line: “When you hold back, it affects everyone.”
Identity Flattery Trap
“They compliment your intelligence, strength, or awareness—then imply you’re failing yourself by staying guarded.”
Example Line: “You’re too self-aware to let fear hold you back.”
Doubt Planting
“They gently introduce the idea that you’re ‘not seeing yourself clearly,’ sowing subtle self-doubt.”
Example Line: “Maybe you’re not realizing how stuck you really are.”
Storytelling Manipulation (‘I Knew Someone Like You…’)
“They tell a ‘success story’ about someone who was resistant like you until they surrendered emotionally—trying to script your path without direct command.”
Example Line: “They resisted too—and once they trusted, everything changed.”
Summary Mantra for the Deck
“Their frames are stories. I am not a character in their book. I am the author of my own.”
