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Ask Dr. Ramani: What is Gaslighting?

Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani

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The Conscious Manipulation of Kara

Narcissistic gaslighters are trying to maintain their power, dominance and control in a situation. All of that is happening at an unconscious level. So what he's doing is he's messing with her head so that she'll sign off on what he wants. There is a subset of gaslighters who may be frankly sadistic, but sadism is actually not a normal pattern in human beings.

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