Understanding Weaponized Incompetence: How Learned Helplessness Becomes a Manipulation Tactic
In healthy relationships, collaboration, shared responsibility, and accountability help create emotional safety and trust. But when one person repeatedly avoids tasks or responsibilities by pretending they cannot do them – or exaggerating their inability – this can lead to a dynamic known as weaponized incompetence. This pattern is far more nuanced than occasional forgetfulness or […]