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Notable institutionalized forms of gaslighting occur through [[psychiatry]] and [[CBT]] (DBT etc). Gaslighting also occurs a lot by politicians and political pundits to the public. With respect to incels, the media and [[feminist]]s will frequently tell incels that they are imagining the global rise in sexlessness, that they are also imagining the dating difficulties they are going through, and that they are imagining it causing them suffering. In other words, gaslighting. | Notable institutionalized forms of gaslighting occur through [[psychiatry]] and [[CBT]] (DBT etc). Gaslighting also occurs a lot by politicians and political pundits to the public. With respect to incels, the media and [[feminist]]s will frequently tell incels that they are imagining the global rise in sexlessness, that they are also imagining the dating difficulties they are going through, and that they are imagining it causing them suffering. In other words, gaslighting. | ||
In pop psychology, gaslighting is explained as arising from extreme [[narcissism|selfishness born from low self esteem]]. | In pop psychology, gaslighting is explained as arising from extreme [[narcissism|selfishness born from low self esteem]], known in psychiatry as a variant of narcissistic personality disorder. Certain prominent incels have had fathers with narcissistic personality disorder, and this probably plays a role in their lack of confidence. | ||
==Techniques of gaslighters== | ==Techniques of gaslighters== | ||