gas-lighting
Making someone doubt reality
Gas-lighting is a form of psychological manipulation where someone makes another person question their own perceptions, memories, or sanity.
The manipulator denies events happened, insists the victim is imagining things, or twists facts until the victim doubts their own judgment: He kept gas-lighting her about the affair until she thought she was crazy.
From the 1944 film *Gaslight*, where a husband dims the gas lights while denying anything has changed.
Also spelled gaslighting.
Underhanded control of others
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- narcissistSelf-obsessed person
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- invalidationAct of nullifying
crazy-making · toxic · triangulation · victim · survivor · self-doubt · confusion · isolation
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- narcissistSelf-obsessed person
- denialRefusal to accept reality
invalidation · crazy-making · toxic · triangulation · victim · survivor · self-doubt · confusion · isolation · therapy
limelight
Center of public notice
- footlightsLamps at stage edge
- VictorianOf a prim era
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
suspense · thriller · 1944 · Paula · Gregory · dimming · flickering · attic · mansion · jewels
gas-lightingvalidation
Confirming truth or accuracy
truth-telling · honesty · candor · straightforwardness · transparency
gas-lightingemotional support
Compassionate help during distress
empowerment · nurturing · encouragement · reassurance · caring
gas-lightingvalidation
Confirming truth or accuracy
acknowledging · bearing witness · affirming · corroboration · truth-telling
gaslight, gaslighter, gaslighted, gaslit, light, gassed, gassing, lights, lighted