Questioning Your Mental Well-being

Gaslighting often begins with questioning your mental state. The aggressor may use phrases like 'Do you hear yourself?' to destabilize your self-confidence.

By making you doubt your own judgment, gaslighters aim to manipulate you into believing there is something wrong with you.

Gaslighting Manipulation

Destabilizing Self-Confidence

Playing the Victim

Gaslighting can also involve playing the victim. The gaslighter may fake being hurt or upset to avoid taking responsibility for their actions.

This manipulative behavior can make you feel guilty for expressing your feelings.

Faking Emotions

Avoiding Apology

Rewriting Your Memory

Gaslighters may distort your memory to make you doubt your recollection of events. This tactic aims to control how you perceive reality.

By questioning your memory, gaslighters can manipulate you into questioning your own thoughts and feelings.

Distorting Memory

Manipulating Perception

I'm the Only One You Can Trust

Gaslighters may try to isolate you by making you believe they are the only ones looking out for you. This tactic aims to maintain control over you.

By undermining your trust in others, gaslighters can exert power over your decisions and emotions.

Isolation Tactics

Undermining Trust

Minimizing Your Feelings

Gaslighters often downplay your emotions, making you feel like your feelings are invalid or exaggerated. This tactic aims to suppress your self-expression.

By dismissing your emotions, gaslighters can control the narrative and manipulate your perception of reality.

Invalidating Emotions

Suppressing Self-Expression

Redirecting Blame Onto You

Gaslighters often shift blame onto you to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. This tactic aims to make you feel like the problem.

By fabricating blame, gaslighters can manipulate you into feeling guilty and doubting your own actions.

Shifting Blame

Manipulative Tactics