Perhaps they were right, they never said it. You begin to have self-doubt, question everything and become uncertain of the simplest matters. You know the person is lying, often and with ease, yet they say they do not recognise this in their behaviour. The abuser disproves concerns time and again to the point a person does not recognise the reality of what is happening. Abusers carry out gaslighting behaviours slowly and deliberately so that the person it is happening to does not realise it. The term relates to the 1944 film, Gaslight, which tells a story of a husband systematically brainwashing his wife to the point that she believes she is going insane. The self-doubt and constant questioning slowly cause the individual to question their reality. Gaslighting is a manipulative tactic in which a person, to gain power and control of another individual, plants seeds of uncertainty in another person’s mind. Coercive Control: 10 Signs It's Gaslighting
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