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'''Gaslighting''', according to the National Domestic Abuse Hotline, is a form a emotional abuse whereby someone distorts facts, evidence, and memories in order to get the victim to question their own instincts, feelings, and sanity to the point where the victim no longer trusts themselves. It is a form of confidence erosion that empowers the abuser and disempowers the victim. | '''Gaslighting''', according to the National Domestic Abuse Hotline, is a form a emotional abuse whereby someone distorts facts, evidence, and memories in order to get the victim to question their own instincts, feelings, and sanity to the point where the victim no longer trusts themselves. It is a form of confidence erosion that empowers the abuser and disempowers the victim. The victim may become actually mentally unwell due to the abuser, further empowering the abuser to gaslight more, or even commit long-term psychiatric abuse against the victim. | ||
Notable intitionalized forms of gaslighting occur through [[psychiatry]] and [[CBT]] (DBT etc). Gaslighting also occurs a lot by politicians | Notable intitionalized forms of gaslighting occur through [[psychiatry]] and [[CBT]] (DBT etc). Gaslighting also occurs a lot by politicians | ||