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Tuesday Afternoon

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3. the intent to mislead. I think gaslighting is now recognized as a psychological term.

Reply to cinnabonbon (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 11, 2014, 12:41 PM

Jan 2014

IIRC, Gaslight is one of my favorite movies and I did some research about the phenomenon but, this was a few years ago.

Technically, you are correct in that my example is not a classic case of gaslighting but, it does make one question what is happening to them and makes them question their reality, judgments and values.

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What is gaslighting? [View all] cinnabonbon Jan 2014 OP

kind of like when a married man pretends to be "single" ... and then pretends to "want" to Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #1

I suppose you can just call it manipulation. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #2

the intent to mislead. I think gaslighting is now recognized as a psychological term. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #3

Oooh, nice! cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #6

Gaslighting Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #4

Yep. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #5

yep. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #7

That is the most important. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #8

The more you know the more subtle has to be the abuser. Some are really into Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #9

True. I suppose it depends on how interested they are in cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #10

kind of like Cat and Mouse ... sometimes they get bored with it all. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #11

It's an asshole nt ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #12