Being used as furniture or an object

Being used as furniture or a fitting, and deliberately not spoken to.

Why people do it

It is the opposite of humiliation rather than a version of it: nobody is being insulted, they are being ignored, and for some people not being addressed at all lands far harder than anything said out loud would.

Smallest way in

Ten minutes as a footstool while you read something and do not speak to them once. Not speaking is the whole exercise and it is harder for the person on the sofa than it sounds.

What to watch

Weight goes through the shoulders and hips with the spine straight — never on the small of the back and never on the neck. Agree the non-verbal signal before it starts, because being unable to signal is not part of this. Shaking arms end the hold rather than earning more time.

In the planner

3 different things carry this tag, and switching it off removes every one of them. The mildest of them sits at medium.