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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Gaslighting comes from the movie Gaslight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film)). It refers to the practice of lying and manipulating someone into questioning their own recollection of events and general memory in order to cause them to doubt their own sanity, mental faculties, or perception of reality. This is not gaslighting because you are not being lied to about events that have happened. You're being lied to to try and convince you to not do something that you should/would typically want to do for yourself. These are different things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Thank you kindly