Relationship Roulette: Are These Tests Manipulative?

Awake at the Wheel

Awake at the Wheel | Ep 57
The conversation discusses TikTok relationship tests and their impact on relationships. It explores the factors of inequity in relationships, including commitment, investment, sacrifice, and respect. The discussion highlights the unhealthy dynamics and gaslighting present in the first test video. It also addresses the manipulation and recording of conversations in relationships. The second test video is analyzed, revealing reprehensible behavior and an unhealthy dynamic. The conversation concludes by emphasizing the importance of healthy communication and avoiding manipulative tests in relationships. In this conversation, Malini and DocAmitay discuss the ineffectiveness of online relationship tests and the validity of projective testing. They highlight the limitations of projective tests and the misinterpretation of dream analysis. The conversation also explores the flaws and insecurities revealed by these tests and the usefulness of the Five Love Languages test. They emphasize the importance of showing interest in bids for affection and discuss the potential problems with the Bird Test. The complexity of determining a good relationship and the destructive nature of resentment are also addressed. The conversation concludes with a focus on engaging in open and empathetic communication.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and TikTok Relationship Tests
02:51 Discussion of First Test
05:04 Factors of Inequity in Relationships
09:59 Unhealthy Dynamics and Gaslighting
13:10 Unhealthy Relationship and Imbalance
15:04 Manipulation and Recording Conversations
20:58 Reprehensible Behavior and Unhealthy Dynamic
23:29 The Validity of Projective Testing
24:55 The Limitations of Projective Tests
26:15 The Misinterpretation of Dream Analysis
27:39 The Flaws and Insecurities Revealed by the Tests
29:07 The Usefulness of the Five Love Languages Test
30:18 The Importance of Showing Interest in Bids for Affection
33:13 The Potential Problems with the Bird Test
35:04 The Complexity of Determining a Good Relationship
38:27 The Destructive Nature of Resentment
45:22 Engaging in Open and Empathetic Communication

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