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TED talk the emotional trauma of gaslighting

Fredd50Senior Contributor28 Nov 2018, 11:09 pm AEDT

TED talk the emotional trauma of gaslighting

Hi,

I just had this TED talk pop up and found it really helpful.

It's often a big part of any trauma and abuse for the abuser to later deny that it happened, and try to shift the reality of the other person but this author's talk was about how the gaslighting was really the large part of the abuse that she received and how it was something that she had to survive all of itself it's a short talk where she just outlines what happened to her and how she was able to find a way through by taking back control of her own narrative.

trigger warning: refers (a bit flippantly :-() to suicide though the speaker was never suicidal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4P2Qwh1QCU

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In response to: TED talk the emotional trauma of gaslighting

IntheZoneNew Contributor24 July 2019, 7:49 am AEST

Re: TED talk the emotional trauma of gaslighting

The one defense against pathalogical gaslighters is assumption, assume they are never telling the truth, because even when they are there is a dishonest motive for it if only to disarm you long enough to begin warping your realities with lies. Learn to take pleasure in the knowing. Knowing that anytime they are interacting with you they are trying to create the gaslighting narrative.

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