Gaslighting in relationships also comes with accusations of paranoia (fear someone is trying to hurt you). This causes confusion and tightens the grip the gaslighter has over their partner. In many cases, the gaslighter will get defensive about their actions and claim they do it out of love.īy saying this, they’re making their victim feel as if their love for the gaslighter is less than what they’re receiving in return. Often a gaslighter will do a few things to cause insecurity and stress for their partner. In abusive relationships, a gaslighter does their best to manipulate their partner in order to scratch their itch to hold power over someone else. Manipulating the victim’s physical surroundings to put doubt in their mind about the truth of something.Refusing to let you go out with your friends for a night.Questioning the intelligence of their victim.“I did it because I’m still hurt about seeing you with him.”.Dismissing their victim’s opposing feelings as invalid or “crazy”.Similar to the line earlier, “I didn’t say that!”.Denying that something was said or done.Creating superficial evidence to convince their victim. ![]() ![]() ![]() While most examples can be rooted in direct lying, here are some more pointed examples of how a gaslighter lies: Ultimately, all of these phrases are creating an illusion for the victim and causing them to doubt themself. You’ll hear phrases that are pretty universally used:
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