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Gaslighting. Gaslighting is a colloquialism, defined as manipulating someone into questioning their own perception of reality. [ 1][ 2] The expression, which derives from the title of the 1944 film Gaslight, became popular in the mid-2010s. Merriam-Webster cites deception of one's memory, perception of reality, or mental stability. [ 2]
Paige L. Sweet (born 1987) [1] is a sociologist at the University of Michigan, working in the areas of gender and sexuality, knowledge, gender-based violence. [2] Sweet has received attention for her work [3] on gaslighting in relationships and the workplace. [4] [5] [6] She is the author of The Politics of Surviving: How Women Navigate ...
"Gaslighting is a pop psychology term for a toxic relationship dynamic when someone manipulates another into believing that their experience is crazy or false," Dr. Brian Tierney, Ph.D., a ...
It's gaslighting in close, interpersonal relationships like this that can be the hardest to spot and defend against, says Amelia Kelley, Ph.D., a therapist and author of Gaslighting Recovery for ...
Dr. Emily Bashah, clinical psychologist and author of Addictive Ideologies says that gaslighting is a phenomenon that’s most commonly associated with intimate partner relationships, and takes ...
Setting. On Angel Street, in the Pimlico district of London, 1880. Gas Light is a 1938 thriller play, set in 1880s London, written by the British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton. [ 1] Hamilton's play is a dark tale of a marriage based on deceit and trickery, and a husband committed to driving his wife insane in order to steal from her.
Fuchsman correlates Stern's explanation of gaslighting to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, George W. Bush and the alleged weapons of mass destruction in 2001, and the first year of Donald Trump's presidency. [1] The Jewish Women International noted the book to be one of the first to explore gaslighting for a general audience. [10]
Though commonly used to describe psychological abuse between romantic partners, Stern said gaslighting can occur in parent-child and manager-employee relationships as well.