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"Gaslighting": my new favorite word!
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 653510" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Remember, if our adult kids are using drugs, they may be posting under the influence. True gaslighting is not lying. It is a real attempt to make you believe that what you experienced is or was not real in a malicious attempt to make you think you are losing your mind. </p><p></p><p>Example of how I understand gaslighting:</p><p></p><p>Wife: Why did you move the furniture around last night?</p><p></p><p>Husband: What? I didn't.</p><p></p><p>Wife: (who has been under pressure and feels vulnerable) But the sofa was over there and the coffee table...</p><p></p><p>Husband: (in a kind voice) Honey, I think you should sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of hot cocoa. You've been under SO MUCH pressure lately.</p><p></p><p>Could be wrong here too. That's just what I understood it to be. A real attempt to make you think your reality is not real.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 653510, member: 1550"] Remember, if our adult kids are using drugs, they may be posting under the influence. True gaslighting is not lying. It is a real attempt to make you believe that what you experienced is or was not real in a malicious attempt to make you think you are losing your mind. Example of how I understand gaslighting: Wife: Why did you move the furniture around last night? Husband: What? I didn't. Wife: (who has been under pressure and feels vulnerable) But the sofa was over there and the coffee table... Husband: (in a kind voice) Honey, I think you should sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of hot cocoa. You've been under SO MUCH pressure lately. Could be wrong here too. That's just what I understood it to be. A real attempt to make you think your reality is not real. [/QUOTE]
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