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Gaslighting

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Gaslighting is a form of emotional manipulation where one person repeatedly undermines the other's sense of reality — denying what happened, dismissing their feelings, or claiming they're "making things up." The goal is usually control.

It differs from an ordinary disagreement in that it repeats systematically, and over time it leads someone to doubt themselves even in situations that are perfectly clear.

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