• Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    The concept of gaslighting has been diluted beyond recognition. It used to mean lying to someone with the goal of making them question their own sanity. Now, it just means lying.

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      1 year ago

      Right. If the advice was “tell yourself it’s not happening and you’re just being paranoid” I’d think it was gaslighting yourself.

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        1 year ago

        but that’s what it says, the text in the picture is literally telling you to tell yourself it’s not happening, it’s something else.

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          No, it’s telling me that it is happening and it’s for my betterment and it will give me strength. Gaslighting myself would be saying it’s not happening and there’s nothing there, I’m just paranoid. What the picture is suggesting is that I console myself.