I should just take the kids and go already!” Mike storms off. When I married you I thought you’d be there for your family. Jade is shocked, “But I just wanted you to help me with setting up the store! And I haven’t been neglecting anyone!” Mike comes up very close to Jade’s face: “You see! Now you’re denying it. For the past few months, Jade has been trying to establish a small art shop, but when she asks for her husband’s assistance his mood darkens: “I can’t believe you’re spending so much time on this shop-don’t you care about me-don’t you care about your kids? You’re supposed to be mothering them!” he exclaims. In a relationship scenario: Jade has been married for 5 years and has two small children with her husband Mike. When Andrew confronts his father about this aggressive name-calling, Andrew’s father laughs and tells him “to stop being so sensitive.” Every day Andrew is afraid to “tip the balance” of his father’s mood because he often bursts out in fits of rage calling Andrew a “bastard” and a “worthless little loser,” among many other hurtful names. In a family scenario: Andrew’s father is an angry, bitter man. Let’s take a look at some examples of Gaslighting. This is often done by making you feel “overly sensitive,” “paranoid,” “mentally unstable,” “silly,” “unhinged,” and many other sensations which cause you to doubt yourself.Ĭommonly adopted by psychopathic, sociopathic and narcissistic types of people, Gaslighting tends to eat away at you slowly until you realize that you’re a shell of the former person you were. Gaslighting, at its core, is a form of emotional abuse that slowly eats away at your ability to make judgments.Įssentially, a Gaslighter spins their negative, harmful or destructive words and actions in their favor, deflecting the blame for their abusive deeds and pointing the finger at you.
Inspired by the 19 films “Gas Light,” where a husband systematically manipulates his wife in order to make her feel crazy, the term “Gaslighting” is now commonly used to describe behavior that is inherently manipulative.
THE GASLIGHT HOW TO
How to Know Whether Someone is Gaslighting You.
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