Gaslighting is not a disagreement between two interpretations of events.
Gaslighting is not when someone tells you that you are wrong.
Please use a different word.
Victims of abuse get everything taken from them, even the very words to describe what happened.
Gaslighting is not about "right" and "wrong"!
Gaslighting is not about "true" or "false"!
Gaslighting is not an argument!
Gaslighting can be done without words!
Gaslighting is a very specific method of abuse to destroy an isolated victim's ability to function alone
"Gaslighting" is an interpersonal abuse technique used to force a victim to only trust and rely upon their abuser to determine what is *reality* and to force the victim to distrust their own physical senses and memories.
Gaslighting is not a disagreement between two interpretations of events.
Gaslighting is not when someone tells you that you are wrong.
Please use a different word.
Victims of abuse get everything taken from them, even the very words to describe what happened.
What comes next will be a result of that and I don’t want to hear anyone ask “why are the kids so angry”
What comes next will be a result of that and I don’t want to hear anyone ask “why are the kids so angry”