re: What’s the boards opinion on the term “gaslighting”

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Not guilty of the 4th.

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Stop gaslighting him!!!

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Please don’t lump in men with low T with women.

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Sorry, I should have said they were effeminate, not low T.

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He used the gaslights to do it.

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right bc he was trying to cover up the murder of her aunt

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I once got gaslighted, ghosted, big leagued & tea bagged all in the same day.

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I don’t doubt it, Skilly

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To which I say, "you're a poly sci major with a JD. You know what it means." She STFUs and changes the subject.

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so you’re gaslighting her? Interesting

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Both men and women have been using it lately BUT they are mostly using it incorrectly which is the actual thing you should be annoyed at.

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This doesn’t seem to be a thing one sex does more than the other. Men lie just as much as women do and vice versa.

I dont understand a word I don’t use.


That’s rich

I spent decades being “ gaslit “. Call it want you want, it’s a tactic. Narcissists specialize in it. If you don’t recognize it, it can destroy you. I can spot it now, have recently, and I run with a quickness.

All these psychological phrases get overused, which causes a reaction to make fun of the phrase and the concept by the cool OT kids. And then their gf or husband begins to gaslight them for real and they get it. Everything is overused until it’s your reality.

I didn’t know what passive aggression was for 30 years. Somebody tells me know “ hey Pimp you are being passive aggressive “ I understand it and think, damn you are right. So knowing these terms is a bonus .And we all do this primitive shite .

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It’s like the word “trauma.”

Both have legitimate use cases.

Both have been coopted by neurotic nutcases in their endless pursuit of sympathy and attention.

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I think "violence" was the first word I remember seeing coopted (e.g. offensive words are violence) that made me go "uh oh, this is going to be a problem..."