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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 681480" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p><em>"Gaslighting, at its core, is a form of <a href="http://lonerwolf.com/emotional-abuse/" target="_blank">emotional abuse</a> that slowly eats away at your ability to make judgements."</em></p><p></p><p>I have never heard a better or more helpful description of this term ~ of how it does what it does, and of how we are affected. Just to read this line is a beginning place to reclaim ourselves.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p><em>"This is often done by making you feel “overly sensitive,” “paranoid,” “mentally unstable,” “silly,” “unhinged,” and many other sensations which cause you to doubt yourself."</em></p><p></p><p>Leafy, I hope you are reading this. They taught you that you were too sensitive.</p><p>I thought about you when I read these sentences:</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"n a family scenario: Andrew’s father is an angry, bitter man. Every day Andrew is afraid to “tip the balance” of his father’s mood because he often bursts out in fits of rage calling Andrew a “bastard” and a “worthless little loser,” among many other hurtful names. When Andrew confronts his father about this aggressive name calling, Andrew’s father laughs and tells him “to stop being so sensitive.”</strong></em></p><p></p><p>And I am thinking about me too, when I read those sentences.</p><p></p><p>This article was stellar, CrazyinVirginia. I am so glad I read it.</p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 681480, member: 17461"] [I]"Gaslighting, at its core, is a form of [URL='http://lonerwolf.com/emotional-abuse/']emotional abuse[/URL] that slowly eats away at your ability to make judgements."[/I] I have never heard a better or more helpful description of this term ~ of how it does what it does, and of how we are affected. Just to read this line is a beginning place to reclaim ourselves. *** [I]"This is often done by making you feel “overly sensitive,” “paranoid,” “mentally unstable,” “silly,” “unhinged,” and many other sensations which cause you to doubt yourself."[/I] Leafy, I hope you are reading this. They taught you that you were too sensitive. I thought about you when I read these sentences: [I][B]"n a family scenario: Andrew’s father is an angry, bitter man. Every day Andrew is afraid to “tip the balance” of his father’s mood because he often bursts out in fits of rage calling Andrew a “bastard” and a “worthless little loser,” among many other hurtful names. When Andrew confronts his father about this aggressive name calling, Andrew’s father laughs and tells him “to stop being so sensitive.”[/B][/I] And I am thinking about me too, when I read those sentences. This article was stellar, CrazyinVirginia. I am so glad I read it. Thank you. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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