Gaslighting

Gaslighting

Trust your gut. When you feel something is odd - it ussually is. When someone then tries to say things to you like:

You're too sensitive
You're crazy
You're imagining things
I never said that
It's your fear talking
You’re crazy – that never happened.
 Are you sure? You tend to have a bad memory.
It’s all in your head.
 You’re wrong, you never remember things correctly.
I don’t know what you’re talking about
You’re just making stuff up.
 
 If you find yourself in a scenario where information is constantly twisted or spun, selectively ommitted or false information presented to you to doubt your own memory, perception or sanity - you've been gaslighted.

Gradually over time, you will start to believe you are loosing it and going crazy. You will start to doubt your gut and everything about yourself, your thoughts, opinions, ideas and ideals. Resist it. Someone is trying to get you to live in a reality they want to define for you so you become completely dependent on them.  

Each day write a diary. Write everything down. So when you start to doubt yourself, go back. And don't ever stop listening to that gut - it is there for a reason.

Never allow yourself to be completely dependent on someone. No is a complete sentence. If they keep pushing, they are pushing for a reason. Never let anyone tell you being independent is wrong. To find yourself, you must think for yourself. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.