Welcome to the narcissistic abuse recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Stawson and I'll be sharing with you

awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse to help you thrive.

I want you to know that I've been exactly where you are now and I believe you.

And this show is all about taking you from trauma to transformation.

So this is an interesting topic, gaslighting and the narcissist.

So I get lots and lots of messages about this.

And it was actually something

I haven't really heard of, to be honest, when I came out of my divorce. It's something I see and

hear a lot about now. But I don't really understand what exactly what gaslighting was.

And it really is a form of psychological abuse. You know, gaslighting came from a film many, many years ago.

It's a very insidious form of psychological abuse. And I want to see if you can relate to some of the

things, some of the stories that I'm going to tell you. Because gaslighting really leaves the

victims feeling crazy and insane and thinking, is it me? I get so many messages

asking me, is it me? Am I the narcissist? Because the nature of that insidious psychological

abuse that the narcissist inflicts upon their victims makes them start to question themselves.

And I know because I felt the same.

For a long time, I kept thinking, is it me?

You know, are we not able to have a civil conversation now about our children?

And we were married and we've got children together.

And I started to think, is it me?

Have I done something wrong in all of this? And that is part of the

gaslighting. It's part of that manipulation. It's part of the nature to make you feel like, is it you?

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