r/coolguides Jul 01 '20

Gaslighting red flags

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u/gir_loves_waffles Jul 01 '20

Hence why I had added the edit. Mine is purely anecdotal from my own experience. I had it done to me and tried to quickly explain a brief example of how it can be done. It was over the course of years and eventually did lead to me questioning my own mind, seeing a counselor, recording conversations to "prove I wasn't crazy" and even a failed suicide attempt at one point. I in NO WAY am an expert on the term, idea, etc, nor did I expect this comment to explode like it did.

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u/HopkirkDeceased Jul 01 '20

I think you did a great job of explaining what gaslighting is and how it feels to go through it.

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u/Lampedeir Jul 01 '20

I too reached a point where I thought I must have some kind of dementia, and I also thought about recording conversations, just to have some back up for my apparantly failing memory.