They turn the story around to make it seem like you are at fault, deflecting attention and blame away from them to make you feel guilty. This type of emotional manipulation is calledgaslighting. ... Gaslighting can come from a romantic partner, a boss, a friend, or anyone else. Are feel...
In an odd form of gaslighting, termed by Kate Gladstone as “information scapegoating” some people on the autism spectrum have been discriminated against as being too able — or possessing knowledge that the average person does not have. Meanwhile, current autism advocates insist that autism is o...
It's a brutal survival film written and directed by Andrew Traucki (who also did The Reef) and David Nerlich. Relatively low budget with a tiny cast and deeply convincing visual effects, Black Water is sadly based on a real tragedy. In the film, Grace (Diana Glenn), her sister Lee (...
Important: This post was initially drafted in September 2023. I completely forgot to finish it by proofreading it and giving it a better conclusion. Rather than letting the work go to waste, I decided to post it now with minimal editing. The specific situation that prompted its creation has ...
when staff are being harassed, blaming or straight up disbelieving the victims. They say things publicly that they don’t back up in practice, and they put out statements defaming and gaslighting individuals when they share their stories (as, predictably, Meta did when this book was released)...
“Honey,” I say, “that is not your memory.”“How do you know this?”“I have never spoken of it, the geckos, the jewelry, the bedspread, Carl, and you were never there.”“I never knew who the man was.” “How did you know this?”“You were at Grandma Irby’s house. You...
Yes, but where are you pulling these memories from? Just right out of the heads of people around you? Did you ask their permission? Is there a reason you needed to do this or were you just curious to see if everyone was appropriately devastated when you collapsed? Right now seems like ...