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SMNTY Classics: Gaslighting 101

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Gaslighting

The goal of gas lighting is to make you doubt your own ability to perceive reality. It slowly chips away at the target self-esteem and it's so effective that it's a frequent tool of dictators and cult leaders. And there actually might be someone who is a, who you might think of as a bit of a dictator who is doing that now.

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