gaslighting is one of the worst ways to mess with a person and make them doubt their own intelligence. is gaslighting a psychological abuse?
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gaslighting is one of the worst ways to mess with a person and make them doubt their own intelligence. is gaslighting a psychological abuse?
I was in a relationship with a clinically depressed girl for 5 years, and I’m relieved to find a name for this particular kind of emotional abuse. She never did anything like turning off my alarm or pouring out my shampoo, but we fought constantly over things I’d said or done that I had no recollection of. I have a fairly shoddy memory, so it’s possible I could have honestly forgotten a few details here and there, but she started to win those types of arguments by default and I’m convinced that over time she exploited the situation to gain power capital. Tellingly, this inversely convenient amnesia failed to follow me into my next relationship.
It is a manipulation technique designed to distort reality, often used to convince people that their feelings or opinions are invalid. For example, if someone constantly tells their partner something like nobody else would react like this when they are reacting entirely reasonably.