Why I reject the word "gaslighting." It's used to silence someone by forcing the premise they are an abuser and manipulator. It's also a victim card, trying to claim that someone else can manipulate you to such a degree that they are responsible for your perception of reality.
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Unfortunately others *do* engage in such terrible tactics as to manipulate others’ perceptions of reality. It’s a miserable tactic that accompanies isolation of the victim, sexual or physical abuse, etc.
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So while you may feel the word has become a “playing card” statistics and research regarding emotional abuse shows that it is very much an appropriate term for one of many emotional horrors visited upon abuse victims.
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