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[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That's not what gaslighting means, OP.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's one of those terms people are so rabidly eager to use that any excuse will do. Look at what happened to 'reboot'.

[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Gaslighting comes from the movie Gaslight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film)). It refers to the practice of lying and manipulating someone into questioning their own recollection of events and general memory in order to cause them to doubt their own sanity, mental faculties, or perception of reality. This is not gaslighting because you are not being lied to about events that have happened. You're being lied to to try and convince you to not do something that you should/would typically want to do for yourself. These are different things.

[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Thank you kindly

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

Gaslighting doesn't exist, you're just crazy.