I don't think you're manipulative here and can't say if you are IRL. Regarding here, I think there's a few who judge you by your label which isn't fair. If they did this with another diagnosis, it wouldn't be tolerated. Some naturally assume a psychopath must be manipulative all the time. They forget there may be some who are trying to live a decent life. I think there's a general prejudice - they hear the label psychopath and the person branded bad all around. The same thing happens with some other labels because they've been branded as generally bad people in society. I won't add what's good manipulation VS bad, because some posts already covered this well. I agree we all have the ability to be manipulative to some extent.