Cancer Man Mind Games: Unleashing the Battle of Wits!

Cancer men can be incredibly manipulative when they want to be. Don’t underestimate him if you want to play mind games with him. He’s better at messing with people than you might think.

Cancer men typically play games by appealing to people’s emotions. They make people jealous, play on their insecurities, and use their emotional reactions to make others feel guilty.

A Cancer man will pretend he’s not playing games when called out. Be careful when playing with him because he can quickly get the upper hand without you realizing it.

Don’t Underestimate Him

When playing mind games with a Cancer man, you must not underestimate him. He can easily get the upper hand if you assume you’re smarter than him or better at playing games.

It’s easy to assume a Cancer man is weak because he is sensitive and emotional. You might think that he’s not capable of playing mind games with you. While some Cancer men would never dream of messing with someone, others can easily do so.

Trust your instincts if you think a Cancer man might be playing mind games with you. If you feel as if he is manipulating you or playing with your emotions, something is wrong.

Some Cancer men get away with their games because people think they aren’t capable of playing games or that their seemingly sweet Cancer man would never do something like that.

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He Can Be Manipulative

Do Cancer men play mind games? Not all of them do, but Cancer men can be more manipulative than people think. They aren’t all caring and sensitive. They have a dark side.

Being manipulative is a common negative trait for Cancer men. They are a lot more sneaky than people give them credit for. A Cancer man can easily manipulate your emotions and make you do what he wants if he tries.

Many Cancer men play mind games by manipulating how people around them feel. For example, a Cancer man might purposely cry or lash out to make you avoid acting in specific ways that might upset him.

If you’re going to play mind games with a Cancer man, look out for his manipulation. If he picks up on your mind games, he might try to manipulate you to make you stop playing them.

He Plays Games with Emotions

How does a Cancer man play mind games? He most commonly plays them by using emotional manipulation. Cancer men are incredibly emotionally aware and can use this to their advantage when playing mind games.

A Cancer man will know exactly how to get under your skin and make you feel a certain way. He might purposely do things to make you feel sad, jealous, guilty, or even angry.

One of the signs a Cancer man is playing you is that he will try to make you feel guilty. He might do this by having disproportionate emotional reactions when you make minor mistakes. He might blame you for things that were beyond your control too.

A Cancer man who is playing with your emotions will downplay them. If he upsets you, he might insist that you’re overreacting instead of comforting you. He may blame you for how you feel instead of taking responsibility.

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He Might Pretend He’s Not Playing Games

If a Cancer man is playing games with you and you call him out, he might insist he’s not doing anything wrong. Even if he’s been playing mind games with you, he won’t always admit to that. He might pretend he’s not doing anything.

How do you know a Cancer man is playing you when he won’t fess up to it? There will be definite signs. He might act a different way in public than in private or even refuse to be seen with you in public entirely.

Cancer men aren’t the best liars, even if they are better at playing games than people expect them to be. A Cancer man who is lying to you will seem overly defensive or nervous. He might say he’s not playing games but will act anxious when called out.

He Plays Hard to Get

A Cancer man testing you might play hard to get. He may pull away or be hot and cold because he wants to see if you really care about him.

When a Cancer man plays hard to get, it sometimes seems like he’s just messing with you. It will feel like he’s playing with you when he’s kind and caring one minute, then completely cold the next.

If you want to play games back with a Cancer man, don’t react how he wants when he plays hard to get. Instead of reaching out more when he pulls away, ignore him. Don’t chase him.

It will mess with a Cancer man when he’s playing hard to get and you don’t give him the attention he wants. It will also mess with his head when you play hard to get the same way he does.

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He Can Be Passive-aggressive

If you are fighting with a Cancer man, he might play games with you by being passive-aggressive. He’ll refuse to discuss what’s wrong or say that you’ve upset him, but it will be clear something is up.

A Cancer man will passive-aggressively express anger by making vague comments about things you’ve done to upset him. He’ll insist he’s not talking about you, even if he is.

The best way to play mind games with a Cancer man who is passive-aggressive is to ignore the passive-aggressive comments completely. Act oblivious when he makes a pointed remark about you.

You can also be passive-aggressive right back at him! Instead of directly addressing issues with him, hint at them, then insist that you haven’t said anything bad about him.

Be Careful When Playing Games with Him

If you are going to play mind games with a Cancer man, you must proceed cautiously.

If you play games with a Cancer man who isn’t messing with you, you’ll just hurt his feelings. If you play games with a Cancer man who is playing games with you, he might turn things around on you.

A Cancer man playing the victim is common when you start playing games with him. Even if he started it and was playing games with you first, he will make it seem like everything is your fault.

It’s common for a Cancer man to complain to mutual friends when he gets caught up in mind games. He might try to turn people against you by saying you are playing him.

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Act Like He Doesn’t Bother You

If you want to mess with a Cancer man, act like his actions don’t bother you. Sometimes, he is playing games with you specifically to get a reaction. Don’t give him what he’s looking for. That will mess with him.

When a Cancer man upsets you, don’t lash out. Don’t tell him that he’s hurt you. Act like you don’t care at all about what he’s done, even if you really do.

Cancer men sometimes try to make other people jealous or play with their emotions to test them. A Cancer man who feels insecure might try to get an emotional response from you to see if you care about him.

If you act like you don’t care, that will mess with a Cancer man’s head. It might make him feel more insecure, but it may also show him he can’t mess with your emotions.

Make Him Jealous

One of the most common mind games Cancer men play is attempting to make someone jealous. If you want to mess with a Cancer man, do things that will make him jealous instead.

When you intentionally upset a Cancer man and make him jealous, that will mess with him. He will get jealous if he cares about you and you flirt with someone else.

You can also make a Cancer man jealous by comparing him to others. Talk about how much better your ex was at certain things, or compare him to a male friend.

However, be careful when doing this because he might pull away if he knows you’re playing with him. A Cancer man won’t like it when someone tries to purposely make him jealous, even if he does that sometimes.

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Play on His Insecurities

Cancer men also play mind games by using other people’s insecurities to manipulate them. If you want to play the same games he does, use his own insecurities against him.

If you start distancing yourself from a Cancer man, that will play on his insecurities and mess with his head. Many Cancer men worry about the people they love abandoning them. It will mess with him if it seems like you might do that.

A Cancer man might be insecure about his looks or a specific aspect of his personality. For example, many Cancer men are insecure about how clingy they seem to others.

If you constantly criticize a Cancer man’s appearance or tell him that he’s clingy and annoying, you’ll make him feel even more insecure! It will mess with his head when you do this, especially if he genuinely cares about your opinion of him.