Gaslighting Phrases to Manipulate You

[Thinker101]

Abusers use gaslighting as a way to gain and maintain power and control in the relationship. They break down your confidence over time by making you think your interpretation of events is incorrect. The more you second-guess yourself, the more you start to believe their version must be the accurate one. Gaslighting involves twisting facts so they can avoid personal ownership of their behaviors.

1. "That never happened."
Gaslighters will do or say something abusive and then deny it ever happened.

2. "You're too sensitive."
If you express your hurt or disappointment over something the abusive person said, they'll minimize your feelings by telling you you're overly sensitive or making a big deal out of nothing.

3. "You're crazy - and others thinks so, too."
Over time, a gaslighter's lies and distortions of reality make the victim legitimately question their own sanity.

4. "You have a terrible memory."
A gasligher will focus on making the victim doubt their memory about a a multitude of situations. They do this because getting a victim to question themselves is at the core of gaslighting.

5 "I'm sorry you think that I hurt you."
On its face this might appear to be an apology, but it's not. It's a way for the abuser to deflect responsibility for any pain they've caused and instead blame you for misinterpreting the situation.

6. "You should have known how I would react."
This is another case of the gaslighter trying to shift responsibility off of themselves and onto the victim. Instead of being accountable for their own behavior, they’ll pin it on you.


Haven't all of us run into at the very least one gaslighter?

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[Concerned American]

Abusers use gaslighting as a way to gain and maintain power and control in the relationship. They break down your confidence over time by making you think your interpretation of events is incorrect. The more you second-guess yourself, the more you start to believe their version must be the accurate one. Gaslighting involves twisting facts so they can avoid personal ownership of their behaviors.

1. "That never happened."
Gaslighters will do or say something abusive and then deny it ever happened.

2. "You're too sensitive."
If you express your hurt or disappointment over something the abusive person said, they'll minimize your feelings by telling you you're overly sensitive or making a big deal out of nothing.

3. "You're crazy - and others thinks so, too."
Over time, a gaslighter's lies and distortions of reality make the victim legitimately question their own sanity.

4. "You have a terrible memory."
A gasligher will focus on making the victim doubt their memory about a a multitude of situations. They do this because getting a victim to question themselves is at the core of gaslighting.

5 "I'm sorry you think that I hurt you."
On its face this might appear to be an apology, but it's not. It's a way for the abuser to deflect responsibility for any pain they've caused and instead blame you for misinterpreting the situation.

6. "You should have known how I would react."
This is another case of the gaslighter trying to shift responsibility off of themselves and onto the victim. Instead of being accountable for their own behavior, they’ll pin it on you.


Haven't all of us run into at the very least one gaslighter?

MSN

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Or any number of deflections the left uses to avoid speaking to the truth. Democrats blew their wad completely over the past four years. The democrat/globalist/marxist party is a thing of the past. Good riddance.

 

[deannalw]

There are gaslighters galore on this board.

Those that resort to calling people Nazi, fascist and racist are gaslighters as well.

 

[JGalt]

Abusers use gaslighting as a way to gain and maintain power and control in the relationship. They break down your confidence over time by making you think your interpretation of events is incorrect. The more you second-guess yourself, the more you start to believe their version must be the accurate one. Gaslighting involves twisting facts so they can avoid personal ownership of their behaviors.

1. "That never happened."
Gaslighters will do or say something abusive and then deny it ever happened.

2. "You're too sensitive."
If you express your hurt or disappointment over something the abusive person said, they'll minimize your feelings by telling you you're overly sensitive or making a big deal out of nothing.

3. "You're crazy - and others thinks so, too."
Over time, a gaslighter's lies and distortions of reality make the victim legitimately question their own sanity.

4. "You have a terrible memory."
A gasligher will focus on making the victim doubt their memory about a a multitude of situations. They do this because getting a victim to question themselves is at the core of gaslighting.

5 "I'm sorry you think that I hurt you."
On its face this might appear to be an apology, but it's not. It's a way for the abuser to deflect responsibility for any pain they've caused and instead blame you for misinterpreting the situation.

6. "You should have known how I would react."
This is another case of the gaslighter trying to shift responsibility off of themselves and onto the victim. Instead of being accountable for their own behavior, they’ll pin it on you.


Haven't all of us run into at the very least one gaslighter?

MSN

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"The shooter was a registered Republican."

 

[Cassandro]

The biggest current gaslight is that the US suffers from political violence from "both sides" of the political spectrum. In actuality, political violence has been the exclusive domain of the Left, which includes assassination as an acceptable means of achieving power.

As a result, any talk about "unity" with these people is disingenuous BS. If/when they are given another chance, they will show no mercy to those who disagree with them. They need to be quarantined until their sickness has been eradicated.

 

[Thinker101]

The biggest current gaslight is that the US suffers from political violence from "both sides" of the political spectrum. In actuality, political violence has been the exclusive domain of the Left, which includes assassination as an acceptable means of achieving power.

As a result, any talk about "unity" with these people is disingenuous BS. If/when they are given another chance, they will show no mercy to those who disagree with them. They need to be quarantined until their sickness has been eradicated.

Give it two days, they'll come up with a different one.

 

[jotathought]

I was thinking ... "Joe Biden decided to leave ..." or "Kamala Harris is fully qualified .."

 

[JGalt]

"Safe and effective. Two weeks to flatten the curve..."

 

[Concerned American]

I was thinking ... "Joe Biden decided to leave ..." or "Kamala Harris is fully qualified .."

Or Whoopi Goldberg--The democrats should have kept their mouths shut. (Lying by omission has served them well.)

 

[Dekster]

"Safe and effective. Two weeks to flatten the curve..."

Flat line the curve is what they meant to say.

 

[jotathought]

Or Whoopi Goldberg--The democrats should have kept their mouths shut. (Lying by omission has served them well.)

Or .. "A male can become a female ..."

Magically, of course, and then poop out swirled, rainbow ice cream.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Abusers use gaslighting as a way to gain and maintain power and control in the relationship. They break down your confidence over time by making you think your interpretation of events is incorrect. The more you second-guess yourself, the more you start to believe their version must be the accurate one. Gaslighting involves twisting facts so they can avoid personal ownership of their behaviors.

1. "That never happened."
Gaslighters will do or say something abusive and then deny it ever happened.

2. "You're too sensitive."
If you express your hurt or disappointment over something the abusive person said, they'll minimize your feelings by telling you you're overly sensitive or making a big deal out of nothing.

3. "You're crazy - and others thinks so, too."
Over time, a gaslighter's lies and distortions of reality make the victim legitimately question their own sanity.

4. "You have a terrible memory."
A gasligher will focus on making the victim doubt their memory about a a multitude of situations. They do this because getting a victim to question themselves is at the core of gaslighting.

5 "I'm sorry you think that I hurt you."
On its face this might appear to be an apology, but it's not. It's a way for the abuser to deflect responsibility for any pain they've caused and instead blame you for misinterpreting the situation.

6. "You should have known how I would react."
This is another case of the gaslighter trying to shift responsibility off of themselves and onto the victim. Instead of being accountable for their own behavior, they’ll pin it on you.


Haven't all of us run into at the very least one gaslighter?

MSN

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It's the legacy media's entire bogus operandi.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

There are gaslighters galore on this board.

Nah.

They're just genuinely that stupid.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Or any number of deflections the left uses to avoid speaking to the truth. Democrats blew their wad completely over the past four years. The democrat/globalist/marxist party is a thing of the past. Good riddance.

HEAR, HEAR.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Or any number of deflections the left uses to avoid speaking to the truth. Democrats blew their wad completely over the past four years. The democrat/globalist/marxist party is a thing of the past. Good riddance.

So....

Are you saying that BRAT SUMMER's been canceled?

 

[OODA_Loop]

“Your opinions expressed on USMB are meaningful to people”

 

[BluesLegend]

Or any number of deflections the left uses to avoid speaking to the truth. Democrats blew their wad completely over the past four years. The democrat/globalist/marxist party is a thing of the past. Good riddance.

Now the Dem party is destroyed, leaderless, humiliated. They have taken to murdering their opponents now.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Now the Dem party is destroyed, leaderless, humiliated. They have taken to murdering their opponents now.

Violence is the last resort of a losing political movement.

It's a fact.

 

[BluesLegend]

Violence is the last resort of a losing political movement.

It's a fact.

Dem's have gone full Stalin at this point out of desperation.