My career journal is filled with scraps of paper, my dreams, countless questions, and thoughts; all of which bring a flood of memories with one powerful statement, which is “I wish someone would have told me this.” So, I’ll be the one telling you.

 Manipulative language that twists reality

Examples:

• “It didn’t happen that way.”
• “I never said that. You understood it wrong.”
• “You’re crazy if you really think that.”