{"id":5251,"date":"2021-02-21T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindspa.me\/?p=5251"},"modified":"2021-02-21T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T13:47:00","slug":"how-to-resist-gaslighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/how-to-resist-gaslighting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to resist gaslighting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What a beautiful and, at the same time, scary word — \u201cgaslighting<\/strong>\u201d. We really hope that you\u2019d never be affected by this type of psychological violence, but it\u2019s better to have information about it in advance than to suddenly fall into its dangerous trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the psychological point of view, gaslighting is a type of manipulation in which one person intentionally makes another doubt themselves, their actions and memories. The aggressor\u2019s goal is to deceive the victim, establish control over them and prove their own dominance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s interesting that the manipulator rarely shouts, threatens or expresses aggression. Most often, they speak in a calm, condescending or caring tone, while making the other person embarrassed and doubt their own sanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scariest thing is that the people whom the victim trusts completely, their loved ones, are the ones using this manipulation. Everything happens with no witnesses, there\u2019s no direct evidence of aggression, but, gradually, over the course of months or years, the person is forced to doubt themselves, their thoughts, feelings, a sensation of double reality is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the victim becomes uncertain of their sanity and is at the edge of a nervous breakdown (best-case scenario).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s see which phrases and behavioral tells can help spot a gaslighter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n