10 Ways To Play Mind Games With Your Cancer Man

You can play mind games with your Cancer man by toying with his emotions and also messing with the feelings of those closest to him.

Criticize your Cancer man, give him the silent treatment, and gossip about him. If your Cancer man does any of these things to you, give him a taste of his own medicine.

If your Cancer man cares about you, he’ll probably be hurt by you playing mind games. If he’s been playing the same games, he might realize how he’s making you feel. He’ll stop playing games with you.

1. Toy With His Emotions

Cancer men are incredibly sensitive. They are some of the most emotional people out there. If you want to play games with a Cancer man, mess with his emotions.

There are many ways you can toy with a Cancer man’s emotions. Ignoring a Cancer man for no reason will mess with him. Acting angry and refusing to tell him why will make him anxious and upset.

If your Cancer man tells you that you’ve done something to upset him, ridicule him for it. Downplay his emotions and try to convince him that he’s in the wrong for being upset.

You can also toy with your Cancer man’s emotions by playing hot and cold. Act kind and supportive one moment, then be mean to him the next. He’ll start to get confused and wonder how you actually feel about him.

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2. Try To Make Him Jealous

If your Cancer man is sending mixed signals, one of the best ways to make him stop doing that is to try and make him jealous.

Cancer men get jealous pretty easily, especially if they care about someone. You can play games with your Cancer man by purposely making him jealous.

You can make your Cancer man jealous by flirting with other men, ignoring him to hang out with others, and texting while you’re supposed to be paying attention to him.

Comparing your Cancer man to other people might also make him jealous. Try talking about things your ex used to do that your Cancer man doesn’t.

If you compliment everyone but him, that will also make your Cancer man jealous. He’ll start to think that you might not like him or you’re upset with him.

3. Play On His Insecurities

Playing mind games with Cancer men is easier when you know some of their insecurities. If you play on the things your Cancer man is insecure about, you’ll mess with him.

If you know your Cancer man has a fear of abandonment, it will mess with him if you suddenly start ignoring him and seem like you’ve disappeared off the face of the planet.

A Cancer man who is insecure about his appearance will be upset if you make critical comments about how he looks. It will mess with his head if you start picking at the things he’s insecure about.

What upsets a Cancer man? If he confides in you about his insecurities and you throw them back in his face, he’ll be incredibly hurt. This will mess with his head and make him wonder if he can trust anyone.

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4. Gossip About Him

When a Cancer man confides in someone, he trusts them. Your Cancer man will expect you to keep any secrets he tells you and will be incredibly hurt if you spill any of those secrets.

Even if you don’t gossip about the things that he tells you, gossiping about a Cancer man, in general, is an excellent way to play mind games with him. He hates it when others talk about him behind his back.

If you tell your Cancer man you like something about him, then talk bad about that same trait behind his back, he’ll be perplexed by your actions.

Your Cancer man might feel betrayed if he hears you constantly gossip about him. He’ll be hurt by your words and even more hurt that you’re saying those things to other people instead of talking things through with him.

5. Lie To Him

How do you play a Cancer man? Make him trust you, then lie to him all the time.

Some Cancer men trust more easily than others. If a Cancer man has been betrayed in the past, he might be wary.

Lying to your Cancer man right off the bat won’t play with his head. He’ll know he can’t trust what you say and might stay away from you. You must make him trust you before this will mess with him.

If your Cancer man trusts what you say and finds out you’ve been lying to him, he might start to doubt his judgment. He’ll begin to wonder how you pulled one over on him.

You don’t necessarily need to tell significant lies. Start sprinkling in some white lies now and then. That will mess with your Cancer man.

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6. Be Rude To His Loved Ones

If you want to know how to play mind games with a Cancer man, you can’t just mess with him. You need to mess with the people he loves too.

Some Cancer men won’t always care if you mess with them. If a Cancer man knows that you’re playing games with him, he might be able to brush it off.

It will mess with your Cancer man when you start playing mind games with people he cares about, though.

If you’re typically kind and caring to your Cancer man, he’ll be baffled to find that you’re rude to his friends and family.

Your Cancer man will be even more confused if you’re never rude to others in front of him. If his friends tell him that you’re always rude to them, but he never sees it, he’ll start to wonder what’s going on.

7. Question His Intentions

Do Cancer men play mind games? Being manipulative is a common negative Cancer trait. Calling your Cancer man out and questioning his intentions when he’s not playing games will mess with him, though.

Ask your Cancer man what his ulterior motive is when he gives you a gift. Insist that he can’t actually be loving or generous and ask him what he wants in return.

If your Cancer man offers to do a favor for you, act suspicious of him. Tell him you don’t know why he would be so nice to you unless he wanted something in return.

Your Cancer man will start to wonder why you think poorly of him. If he genuinely is trying to be friendly and show he cares, he’ll be confused about why you’re questioning everything he does.

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8. Cause Drama

If you want to play mind games with a Cancer man, involve other people. If you don’t care about keeping him around, constantly bring drama into his life.

You can cause drama and mess with a Cancer man in various ways. If he’s ever confided in you about how he feels about someone, you can tell that person and then sit back and watch the drama unfold.

You can also cause drama by spreading rumors about your Cancer man. This will definitely mess with his head, especially if he has no idea you’re the one who started the rumors.

Be careful with this one, though. If you bring too much drama into your Cancer man’s life, he might eventually cut you loose, even if he doesn’t want to.

9. Give Him The Silent Treatment

If you want to beat a Cancer man at his own game, give him the silent treatment. Cancer men use this tactic to passive-aggressively show they’re upset with someone. Turn things around on him by giving him the silent treatment instead.

Distancing yourself from a Cancer man and not telling him why will really mess with him. He’ll start to think over all his recent words and actions. He’ll drive himself crazy trying to figure out why you’re ignoring him.

If there legitimately is nothing wrong and you give your Cancer man the silent treatment, he’ll be bewildered. He won’t be able to figure out what’s wrong, which will mess with him more than anything else.

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10. Constantly Criticize Him

If you want to hurt a Cancer man, constantly criticize him. Make him feel like he can never do anything right.

Your Cancer man likely compliments you a lot if he cares about you. He wants to make you feel good, and he’ll appreciate it if you make him feel good in return.

It will mess with your Cancer man’s head if you never compliment him, especially if you constantly criticize him instead.

You can also have times when you constantly compliment him, followed by periods where you criticize everything he does. It will mess with him when he never really knows what to expect from you.