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Originally Posted by hvert
Yes, I've seen the movie many times. I'm a huge Charles Boyer fan.
He and I have had several conversations about this and I conflated them so people could get a gist. You'll have to take my word for it that the conversation this morning was classic gaslighting. That's what's making me mad. Yesterday he was just lying/playing dumb. This morning he was gaslighting.
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Your first post did make me think it was gaslighting. Just because you didn't go in-depth into how he accused you of being crazy, doesn't mean it wasn't. I totally get that you wanted to be brief/ not go into details..
In this community, we should do our best to take the victim's word and not invalidate what they call their abuse. It's not anyone's place to invalidate victims and survivors. Since hvert didn't go into details, for all we know he could have been relentless and really gone into calling hvert crazy and making hvert doubt what happened. And it's fine that hvert didn't go into details, anyway, because no one is required to talk more about their abuse just to prove that it was abuse.
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Gaslighting is a term, often used by mental health professionals, to describe manipulative behavior used to confuse people into thinking their reactions are so far off base that they’re crazy.
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hvert, I have a few resources on gaslighting, I hope they help you somehow. I suspect that I've dealt with it before, but I'm not sure so I can't really give you advice, but I hope you know that I support you and hope that you are safe & sound. Please take care of yourself
