When we say gaslighting, we mean when someone tries to make another person unsure about their own memory or feelings.

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Have you ever wondered if someone intended to make you doubt your own perceptions,

experiences, or understanding of events?

We call this gaslighting.

Today I will talk about this word that is becoming more and more popular.

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So where does gaslighting come from?

The word gaslighting comes from a play called gaslight, written in 1938 by Patrick

Hamilton. In this play, a husband tries to make his wife think she's losing her mind. He does some tricky things, like secretly making

the lights from the gas lamp in their house dimmer. And then he tells her that she's just

imagining these changes. This play later became a movie. Nowadays, when we say gaslighting,

we mean when someone tries to make another person unsure about their own memory or feelings,

similar to what the husband did to his wife in the story.

I'll explain a little more about gaslighting, as it is a subtle, powerful form of manipulation,

intended to make you unsure of what is real.

When someone tries to make you doubt yourself, gaslighting occurs.

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