I recommend you to read about my " Manipulating " post or searching about manipulation first before you read this one so that you can understand what I mean here. So I'm gonna teach you of what "Self-Manipulation" means. It might sounds like it's very imaginative or something related to psychic powers and such. You're free to think of it like that if you want, but THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT. You know what manipulating mean? If you don't then search for it first, because in this topic, Self-Manipulation is manipulating yourself not directly in your physical body but from your mind or "heart". Doing this means that you want to force somethings or some changes into yourself consciously. Self-Manipulation is actually something that most people have done unconsciously, even if it is just a little self convincing act. For example when you feel nervous because you have an exam or an upcoming performance on stage, then you said to your self, ...