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[two characters are arguing under a spotlight]

[purple, annoyed] Are you gaslighting me?

[blue, pissed] What's gaslighting? There's no such thing It never existed

https://thebad.website/comic/gaslighting

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[–] Jmsnwbrd@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

None of these, including the cartoon are examples of gaslighting. This is much more complicated than just telling someone they don't remember something as they see it in their mind. It's a series of ongoing purposeful lies to manipulate someone into your control. It's the same type of misconstrued understanding of bullying. If someone treats you like an asshole - it does not mean they're a bully. . . It just means they're an asshole. Bullying is comprised of an ongoing mental/physically manipulation of someone in order to dominate them. Other examples of new gen cherry picking include the miss used "anxiety" and "OCD". I work with teenagers who use social media too much and love to self diagnose and/or mislabel.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Every time my wife is wrong about something she accuses me of gaslighting, and all I can say is “no, you.”

[–] arrakeen_urbanite@feddit.online 1 points 2 weeks ago

“Gaslighting” and “narcissist” should be forbidden words to those without graduate degrees in psychology.