Gas lighting: The game of mental control and way to avoid it

Introduction

An insidious form of negotiation and psychological jurisdiction is said to be gas lighting. Victims intentionally say false information that leads them to question what they want to be true, often about themselves. They end up questioning the memories and perceptions. Those who experience gas lighting mostly are anxious, confused, overthinkers and face trust issues.

The term ‘gaslighting’ is derived from 1938 play and 1944 film ‘gaslight’ in which the wife was manipulated by her husband which caused her to mental illness.

How gaslighting works

A method of attaining all control over someone and functions by lowering down person’s trusting themselves, self-confidence while increasing how much day trust or depend on that abusive person who so ever is trying to manipulate them.

In relationships gas lighting begins gradually and that abusive person attains their partner’s trust by their mask behaviour which is later found to be abusive.

The person continues suggestions to their partners which is unreliable or irrelevant which leads to an unstable mindset.

This can cause a person to ask themselves if their partner is right or not and continuation may lead to empowering the abusive and influence the person.

Due to trust issues, a person may begin to rely heavily on their partner for decision making which makes them dependent and to feel worthless without their partners.

Phenomenon of gas lighting working:

It is a phenomenon where techniques of upstage are used to conduct people in policies and relationships. In order for such abuse to exist it is known as mutual participation between predators and the victim seems to be imperative. When a person is gaslighted experience is anxieties, confusions, trust issues, over thinking, aggressiveness and mental instability. In the act of gas lighting gas lighters, the gas lighters can isolate the victim from society and even closest social circles to such an extent that forces the victims to start believing in perpetrators if the only person to which they can trust.

In intimate and romantic relationships, the process begins thoroughly with gas lighters attaining full trust of the victim by showering them with beautiful, emotional romantic gestures. As time flies, victims begin to isolate themselves from any system or from society. With the help of these methods just lighters push the victims to question their sensibility by claiming that they are mentally unstable.

Different signs of gas lighting are mentioned below:

‘Gaslighting’ is a cunning and crafty act in which a person loses its thinking ability, reality and is forced to be a distraught person-

Emotional unavailability and manipulation through anger and guilt.

Constant refutation or decreasing abusive behaviour.

Blaming or departing responsibilities on to victim.

Isolation from friends and family.

Beginning of self-doubt and frustrations.

Adaptation of one’s own behaviour.

Feeling of helplessness, fear, depression, anxiety and self-doubt.

Several ways in response to gas lighting

Gathering evidence of events which may help someone to prove themselves to stop them from imagining forgetting things.

It is useful for a person to perform legal actions against barbaric behaviour or to raise their voice against unusual.

It is crucial to make sure that any evidence that a person gathers against the manipulative remains personal.

According to National domestic violence hotline a person can try:

A Regular erase to their search history.

Buying a second phone, tab or voice recorder.

Keeping device locked.

Preserving evidences in hidden areas.

Developing copies of records and sending them to a trusted person.

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Conclusion

A catastrophic and calamitous negotiate plan that malformed reality breakdown self-trust and forces the victims to become slaves in the isolation of self-doubt and fear is said to be gas lighting. Signs is constantly reluctant, rebellious emotional superintendence, segregation are crucial to break free. To overcome gaslighting it is important to trust themselves to attain support, developing boundaries and prioritising self-care. by addressing gas lighting’s surreptitious nature are taking remedial steps to preserve yourself and to reclaim your self determination to restore confidence and signed the light on truth for self-betterment and to region consciousness to fit into the modern society for forthcoming coming progress.

Report By: Ananya Saxena