If you’ve ever closed a message thread and felt oddly unsteady, not angry, not confused exactly, just… off. This is your intuition giving you signals that something probably isn’t accurate.  Coercive communication rarely announces itself. It doesn’t come with obvious contradictions or easily disproven statements. Instead, it leaves you rereading, doubting your memory, and wondering if you misunderstood something that felt clear moments ago. That disorientation is not accident