What the Heck is Gaslighting? The Truth Behind the Mind Games.
What The Heck Is? Gaslighting Let’s continue with our series “What The Heck Is?” Today, we are going to focus on a term that gets used a lot these days but is not always fully understood: gaslighting. I had heard the term before, but I did not become truly curious about it until my husband left me. Since then, I have done a lot of research, and what I found was both eye-opening and unsettling. Gaslighting is far more common than most people realize, and it can show up in just about any type of relationship. One of the places where it appears most frequently is in marriages, particularly where a narcissistic partner is involved. So, What Exactly Is Gaslighting? According to Newport Institute, gaslighting is defined as: “A form of psychological manipulation in which the abuser attempts to sow self-doubt and confusion in their victim’s mind. Typically, gaslighters are seeking to gain power and control over the other person by distorting reality and forcing them to question their own judgm...
