The Gaslight Effect: Protecting Yourself from Emotional Abuse with Dr. Robin Stern
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In 2007 Dr. Robin Stern coined the phrase Gaslight Effect to explain the long-term effects of repeated gas lighting. It is an insidious and sometimes covert form of emotional abuse in which a gas lighter undermines and controls another person by deflecting, twisting, and denying their reality. This can happen in a romantic relationship between family members or even at work. But in every case, it leaves you constantly second guessing yourself,. unable to make simple decisions, and destabilized from the constant reality shifts.
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