Is This Gaslighting? (2021 Rerun)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 110 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So, Berto, what is gaslighting? What is the definition of gaslighting, according to |
| 0:07.0 | Umberto Castaneda? |
| 0:08.0 | It is basically where you are, uh, you're using deceptive tactics to try to convince someone |
| 0:15.0 | of something that's factually not true. And yet by doing so, you do it so much and you keep the, you keep in |
| 0:22.7 | character, so to speak, that the other person actually starts like second guessing their own |
| 0:27.7 | reality. Yeah, it's a good definition. So we get a lot of emails about this, a lot of questions, |
| 0:34.0 | and a lot of people are using the word on the internet these days. |
| 0:38.3 | So I asked people to submit their stories of gaslighting. |
| 0:43.3 | We received a lot of submissions, and I thought we would read a sampling of those and find out how people are using the term. |
| 0:54.5 | So in this episode, I want to define the term, |
| 0:57.0 | and also want to discuss related topics, related concepts, |
| 1:02.0 | concepts that perhaps might be more apt |
| 1:05.0 | when people are describing situations where they might use the word gaslighting. |
| 1:10.0 | There might be a more accurate, precise word to describe what they're going through. |
| 1:14.6 | Maybe gaslighting is also changing over time. I don't know. |
| 1:18.6 | But the main thing that I want to do in today's episode is try to learn how people are using it and also validate people's experience. |
| 1:28.3 | Because if you're ever using the term gaslighting, as in that person gaslit me, |
| 1:34.3 | in all likelihood, that person harmed you. |
| 1:38.3 | And it felt bad. |
| 1:40.3 | And it was perhaps even immoral what was done to you. And so you deserve validation, |
| 1:46.4 | regardless of what word one uses to describe it. Also, major trigger warning. We are going to be |
| 1:55.1 | talking about gaslighting and anything related to it. So make sure that you take care of yourself and maybe not listen |
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