Gaslighting - When your perception is continuously being questioned

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In today's episode we talk about gaslighting, a term that has become increasingly popular in current discourse.  Gaslighting is a term that derives from a 1938 play and subsequent film where a devious husband intentionally attempts to drive his wife into insanity by dimming their gas lights and then denying that the lights had been tempered with. Gaslighting describes a phenomenon where your perception is being questioned to the point of questioning your sanity. In gaslighting one person is using psychological manipulation in order to deliberately make the other person question their own thoughts, feelings, experiences or sensations. Gaslighting is an extreme form of emotional abuse.

We explore how gaslighting presents in (abusive) relationships, for example or through denial or obfuscation, and what needs to happen if you find yourself being gaslighted.

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