Gaslighting is a tactic in which a person or thing, in order to obtain more power, makes a victim question their existence. It works much more useful than you may think. Anyone is sensitive to Gaslighting, and it is also a common method of abusers, dictators, narcissists, and cult leaders. It is performed slowly, so the victim doesn’t understand how much they’ve been influenced. For example, in the film Gaslight (1944), a man manages his wife to the point where she thinks she is losing her mind. How Gaslighting typically…
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