![]() ![]() The moment they can no longer take from you, they toss you aside as if you never mattered to them. They want to confuse you, make you forget what you deserve, and use you until your presence serves them. When you don’t feel like yourself, you can’t really make sane decisions and defend your vulnerable soul. If spending time with a certain person makes you feel as if you don’t know who you are anymore, chances are they are a gaslighter. And the worst part is that they are most probably doing it intentionally. In your relationship, are you always ending up the one apologizing? Are you always the one to blame for all of your problems? Does your partner blame you for everything wrong between you two? If your significant other is constantly making you feel guilty, even for things you have no control over, they might be gaslighting you. By doing so, they also ensure that you need them to guide you, which makes manipulating you a piece of cake. To achieve that, they make sure you are in a constant state of uncertainty. They are capable of making you question everything around you, including your own thoughts. Gaslighting is also known as ‘crazy-making.’ That’s because most gaslighters have mastered the evil art of confusion. This way, they make you feel vulnerable, which helps them gain control over your fragile mind. But instead of keeping your secrets, they started using them to attack you on a personal level. Since you had no idea about their cruel intentions, you most probably thought you could trust them with your deepest secrets and insecurities. It’s easy for the person closest to you to use your weaknesses against you. Here are 10 things gaslighters do to manipulate you. If you want to avoid becoming a gaslighter’s victim, you must be aware of the signs. That’s how experienced at manipulating they are. They can even convince you that you are the one gaslighting them. ![]() Gaslighters are incredibly skilled at covering their traces and making you believe it’s all in your head. Unfortunately, recognizing the warning signs of such a toxic behavior is an extremely difficult task. Eventually, they become co-dependent on their emotional abusers. They feel lost, confused, worn down, unable to make decisions on their own. Oftentimes, victims of gaslighters get to the point where they question every single thing around them, including their own thoughts and perceptions. The term, was used in a political sense recently in reference to Donald Trump in an article for Teen Vogue by Lauren Duca.Perhaps, it’s the most dangerous one. ![]() Gaslighting eventually isolated the victim, meaning they have a smaller support network to escape the abuse they’re suffering.Ĭonsequences can include depression and other mental health issues, and in some cases has been shown to lead to suicide. They might call their victim ‘crazy’ in a bid to make them genuinely believe it, slowly eroding away at the difference between what’s real and in their own head. They might deny things you know they said, or claim full events (like violence or verbal abuse) didn’t happen at all. This may then escalate to flat-out lying about events. It can start with seemingly inconsequential physical things – such as the abuser moving an item you put down, then suggesting you misplaced it when you ask for help finding it. The goal for the gaslighter is to make their victim undermine their own judgement and reduce their self-esteem, making the victim dependent on the abuser for longer. ![]()
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