Gaslighting....

[cherrytree63]

I'm a new user here, although I've lurked for a while. Can someone please explain to me what the term "gaslighting" means? Apologies if there is a glossary somewhere that I havn't spotted, and also if I should have put this elsewhere!
Oh and also how do you add smileys to a post!

I've never heard of it but Google told me this....

Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory and perception. An example is the denial by an abuser to a victim that previous abusive incidents ever occurred. ...

It's from a film where the bloke did it to his victim.

thanks... I actually intended to post in relationships but I have fat finger syndrome when typing.... !

Here you are OP

The smilies are down at the bottom,under this messagebox.

what post about gaslighting? you haven't posted about gaslighting. Are you mad? Don't you think we'd know if you'd posted about gaslighting. I think you need to go and see someone, tbh.

and smilies - down at the bottom is a list. basically, it's one of these [

and then the word, grin or smile or flowers or whatever

followed by one of these ]

and I've already told you this. If you can't remember, there must be something wrong with you. We were sitting right there, and I told you all about it.

gaslighting in action, btw

It comes from the title of a film where the DH trie to make the DW think she is losing her mind by moving things around/hiding her jewellery/ making out that she has forgotten stuff.

gaslighting. click here

lols at Hecate
apologises to everlong
accuses DD of gaslighting when she denies all knowledge of toiletrie/cosmetics/clothes/jewellery missing from my bedroom

That's just lying, no?