Are You Being Manipulated by a Gaslighter?

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• Are You Being Manipulated by a Gaslighter?
• Will I Always be This Anxious? - Facebook Live
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• How to Stay Motivated on the Job Hunt While Bipolar
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Self-Help Quote

Are You Being Manipulated by a Gaslighter?

If you are being manipulated by a gaslighter, there’s a good chance you might not even be consciously aware of it. Gaslighters are notoriously good at what they do. Here are some questions to ask yourself.

• Have you been (or are you now) in a relationship that makes you feel squeamish, negative, and confused but you can’t quite pinpoint why?
• And when you do try to figure out why you feel that way, you end up thinking that the issue isn’t with your partner but with you?

If so, you may have been (or may now be) in an abusive relationship created and perpetuated by a behavior called gaslighting.

Effects of Gaslighting

Gaslighting is a sneaky form of abuse that involves cruel and calculated psychological warfare. In this type of abuse, the gaslighting abuser torments their victim to make the victim question their own thoughts, feelings, emotions, behavior, and memories. Someone using gaslighting techniques against another human being continually confuses their victim by chipping away at their perception of themselves, others, and their world. The primary effect of gaslighting is that over time, victims of gaslighting lose trust and faith in themselves and are made to feel completely reliant upon their abuser, even grateful that the abuser bothers to care for them and help them through life.

If you suspect you’re involved with a gaslighter (note that gaslighters and their victims can be either gender), reach out for help. A counselor or therapist can help you make sense of your experience and can point you toward resources in your community that help people safely leave abusive relationships.

Articles Related to Gaslighting

• What Gaslighting Means and Why It Is So Hard to Call Out
• Gaslighting: Designed to Destroy Your Sanity
• Gaslighting Defined by Types of Gaslighters
• Gaslighting Abuse Examples and How to Respond
• Love Bombing: The Gaslighter's Most Effective Weapon of Abuse
• Emotional Abuse Test: Am I Emotionally Abused?

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: If you’ve been in a relationship with a gaslighter, at what point did you begin to realize that you weren’t the problem? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

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Will I Always be This Anxious? - Facebook Live

Meredith Marin sees the anxiety in her childhood only in hindsight. It wasn't until she was 20 that she reached out for help for her anxiety and panic attacks. It took time, but her panic and anxiety is largely under control. We'll also talk with Dr. Candace Good about recognizing anxiety in yourself and children, when it's time to get help, and what that help might look like.

I hope you join us for Thursday's HealthyPlace Facebook Live. Thursday, March 4, at 4p ET / 3p CT. We welcome your comments and experiences and our guests always answer your questions. You can check out our mental health interviews playlist or watch last week's Facebook Live: I Think I Was Misdiagnosed! Now What?

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• The Negative Reputation of Borderline Personality Disorder
• How Pets Help Family Members with Mental Illness
• Does Anxious Overthinking Affect your Social Life?
• 5 Ways to Relax and Recharge During Your Work Break
• Lean on Your Support System When You're Anxious
• 3 Truths About Self-Esteem and So Long from Jessica Kaley
• Why I'm Okay with My Child Having a Mental Illness
• How Depression and Internalized Ableism Affect Your Career
• 3 Ways to Deal with Anxiety About People
• Using Self-Harm Urge Surfing for Recovery
• Online Ballet Classes Help My Schizoaffective Anxiety
• The Effects of My Parents' Divorce on My Mental Health
• I'm Open About My Depression—But Not Completely
• How to Respond When Mental Health Advice Feels Like Judgment
• The Self-Harm Distraction of Decluttering Your Home
• Why Can't I Connect with People Anymore?
• Replace Your Unhealthy Coping Skills with Healthy Ones
• The Power of Choice in Eating Disorder Recovery
• Learn to Say "No" When You Work with Bipolar
• On Trauma and Anxiety a Year After the Fire
• Is It Depression? Is It Self-Pity? Here's the Difference
• Stop Playing Tug-of-War with Your Anxious Thoughts
• Does Verbal Abuse Lead to Physical Abuse?
• Have a Side Hustle? You May Be More Prone To Depression
• Improve Sleep to Reduce Anxiety
• LGBTQIA+ Gender Identity is Important in Mental Health

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

How to Stay Motivated on the Job Hunt While Bipolar

Job hunting while living with bipolar disorder can be a great challenge. However, there are ways to stay motivated and function optimally. Watch this to get some tips.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Working from Home with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
2. Love Can Heal, but It Doesn't Heal Mental Illness
3. Sharing My Anxiety with My Family

If you're not already, I hope you'll like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Self-Help Quote

"Trust yourself, you have survived a lot and you will survive whatever is coming."

Read more inspirational self-help quotes.

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Deborah

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