Help Us Stop Psychological Manipulation—For Good

Today, countless people are falling prey to psychological manipulation—whether in high-control groups, abusive relationships, or manipulative social movements. The scars that manipulation leaves behind aren’t always physical, but they’re deeply personal: broken families, lost autonomy, shattered trust.

The problem is that psychological manipulation remains largely invisible—unrecognized and unaddressed on a societal scale.

Antidote is changing that.

If there’s good news to this story, it’s that the tactics of manipulation look similar no matter where they appear. This means it’s possible to create widely used approaches for preventing manipulation before it happens, and to support those who are struggling to rebuilding their lives after escaping manipulative environments.

Just as people widely understand the dangers of smoking today, we’re building a future where everyone can recognize the telltale signs of manipulation and avoid being exploited. And for those who have been harmed by manipulation, we’re building support systems so that anyone, anywhere, can access the resources they need to heal.

But we can’t do this alone.

Your support today means more lives protected, more survivors empowered, and a world where psychological manipulation is no longer hiding in plain sight.

How Your Gift Makes a Difference 

Your donation fuels Antidote’s life-changing programs: 

Prevention

Help us prevent harm caused by psychological manipulation. Through our public education work we’re helping people recognize tell-tale signs of manipulative social environments, so they can protect themselves from being exploited.

Recovery

Help us support people who have been harmed by psychological manipulation. Through our peer-led support groups, we’re providing spaces where survivors can reclaim their lives, and where loved ones can learn to more effectively support those directly affected by manipulative tactics.

Training

Through online and community-level learning programs, we’re equipping people with the tools to recognize, resist, and recover from manipulation. 

Your gift is a direct investment in freedom, resilience, and lasting change.

Why Give to Antidote?

While there are organizations and professionals who help individuals recover from coercive control, Antidote is working to tackle the problem of psychological manipulation at its root.

We are:

  1. Scalable – We’re establishing frameworks can be replicated in communities everywhere, reaching millions of people.
  2. Research-informed – We rely on published research to inform our work, and collect data to validate and improve our approaches.
  3. Survivor-centered – Our work is shaped by those who have lived through manipulation, ensuring real-world impact.

With your support, we can reach more people, and drive systemic change that makes psychological manipulation harder to perpetuate and easier to escape.

Program Spotlight: Stories Bank 

Psychological manipulation thrives in silence—but stories have the power to break that silence and create change.
 
Through the Stories Bank, those who have experienced psychological manipulation are reclaiming their voices. Their firsthand accounts don’t just document harm—they prevent it from happening to others.

Your donation helps us preserve and amplify these important stories so they can educate policymakers, researchers, and the public about how manipulation works in real life, in different environments. Just as educational campaigns changed the way we see smoking and disease prevention, the Stories Bank is building the world’s most comprehensive digital archive to expose the tactics of psychological manipulation and equip people with the knowledge to stop it.

Your support today fuels this mission. Help us grow this life-changing resource and ensure no one has to suffer in silence.

Join Us—Be the Antidote 

Your donation today can: 

  • Provide critical education to someone at risk of manipulation. 
  • Expand support networks that help survivors rebuild their lives. 
  • Help us build a coordinated advocacy effort that pushes for policy and legal solutions. 

Every dollar makes an impact. Every gift brings us closer to a future where psychological manipulation is no longer a silent epidemic. 

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