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The Five Techniques of Gaslighting
Denial when they use it this way, absorbs them of a sense of responsibility. Diverting and using this technique, they will attempt to avoid and re-wrap the conversation. Once again, they are in control, they want you to feel guilt rather than having to take responsibility for themselves. And finally, we have stereotyping. This is not one that I think we typically think of, but we spoke about it before in regards to the manipulation of gender stereotyping to make women feel hysterical. It goes a lot deeper than that. These have repeatedly shown how abusers can use stereotypes about people based on gender, based on race, based on sexuality or nationality to gaslight them and those around