Is there a good way to distinguish between cases of gaslighting and cases of imagined persecution, absent material evidence?
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who's asking, the target, or a third-party observer?
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I'm asking as a 3rd party (never been in such a situation myself)
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so, here's a funny thing: the most successful weapons against gaslighting happen to be the kind that preserve evidence
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e.g., I have a friend with a sociopathic mom. When she goes home to visit, her stuff gets moved around, computer/phone disturbed, &c
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she set her machine up to take a photo after 3 incorrect password attempts, like in sadanduseless.com/2016/06/cat-ha, and welp
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