Gaslighting is a form of abuse in which someone—your boyfriend, your boss, your best friend—uses manipulation and distraction to distort the truth and make you question your own reality. It can be ...
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What is Gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a type of emotional abuse where a person tries to make another doubt their thoughts, feelings, or memories. The term comes from a 1944 movie called "Gaslight," in which a husband ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Merriam-Webster's word of the year -- and this you can believe -- is "gaslighting." The online dictionary chose "gaslighting," which it defines as "the act or practice of grossly ...
Source: Roman Biernacki / Pexels There are moments when distress arrives clearly, only to dissolve almost immediately. You feel hurt or unsettled, then hear a familiar internal response: Maybe you are ...