Identifying A Gaslighter

Alexandria Roswick
5 min readFeb 17, 2021

Anyone can fall prey to this form of psychological manipulation.

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Gaslighting is the act of manipulation using psychological efforts to make a person question their own sanity and reality. The behavior ranges from toxic communication to severe emotional abuse, depending on how frequent it is. It is a tactic used by abusers, control freaks, AND ordinary people.

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Alexandria Roswick

Top Writer in Feminism. Blogger for Say It Loud Space (UK). Trauma, relationships, and analysis of media and culture. https://linktr.ee/alexandriaroswick