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Knowing these signs of gaslighting can help you identify if you are in an emotionally abusive relationship. Remember, all abuse is not physical in nature!
Gaslighting is one of the most prominent behaviour patterns found in cases of intimate emotional abuse. The word owes its origin to the 1944 Hollywood film titled Gaslight, in which the husband emotionally exploits his wife to the extent that she begins to question her own sanity. A similar kind of abuse was partially portrayed in the Bollywood flick Damini also.
The abusers in cases of gaslighting are often people closely related to you – romantic partners, spouses, siblings, parents and sometimes even bosses and colleagues.
Let’s understand how gaslighting works and the tactics used by the abuser:
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Abuse is not always physical and it is not always visible. One of the most dangerous kinds of abuse is emotional abuse. However, regardless of whether it is physical, emotional or of some other form, abuse is always about exercising control over another human being. The abusive partner uses oppression as a means to assert his or her privileges and dominance against the other person.
Abuse can be categorised into various types – physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, technological abuse and financial abuse. All these behaviors are used to control or exert power over a partner. That said, I believe emotional abuse is the most dangerous of all, simply because it is invisible to most. Gaslighting is a sneaky kind of emotional abuse where a person is manipulated in such a way that they start doubting their own sanity and sense of judgement.
Gaslighting is a kind of domestic violence, and how it affects a woman is well portrayed in the Bollywood movie, English Vinglish.
Remember that classmate of yours who repeatedly called you ‘fat’ and then accused of being ‘hypersensitive’ if you felt bad? Or that boss of yours who told you that you were ‘overthinking’ when you politely confronted him about the sexist joke that he cracked during the lunch? Chances are that you are a victim of gaslighting.
As per Wikipedia, gaslighting is “manipulating someone by psychological means into doubting their own sanity”. It is a form of emotional abuse that stifles a person’s self-esteem and makes him/her vulnerable to depression, anxiety, and other mental health problems.