Topics Covered:
- How to recognize if/when someone is gaslighting.
- Gaslighting myths in relation to other personality disorders, such as narcissistic personality disorder.
- The “cycle” of gaslighting -love bombing, devaluing, discarding, hoovering.
- Why it is important to know that you can’t “fix” an abuser if you just “do things right,” and why this approach doesn’t work.
- Why establishing healthy boundaries is essential to combatting gaslighting.
Thank you for listening to this episode. Hopefully, the discussion was insightful and enriching!
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- Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide to Heal from Emotional Abuse
- Trauma Recovery Workbook for Teens
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