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"Add "love bombing" to the growing pile of pseudo-psychological terms whose meaning has grown to encompass normal interactions (c.f. gaslighting, narcissist, trauma...)"
"I show my friends the texts and 3 of them separately told me he's gaslighting me. Every time someone says gaslight I throw up a little. Like, he's definitely not gaslighting me that's just a thing they say."
"My friend was ranting to me about how her boyfriend keeps gaslighting her, turns out he was annoyed because she never does the dishes"
"Jonathan Alpert, a therapist in New York and Washington, D.C., told me he saw a couple recently who used the term gaslighting to describe nearly every disagreement they have had. 'Let's say one person forgot to pick up groceries or didn't accurately recall a conversation; the other would say, "Oh, y"
"Before 'gaslighting' was used to mean one person purposely deceiving their partner to mess with their heads. It was an abusive tactic in personal relationships. Then when Trump was elected all these pundits accused him of gaslighting the American people... Now more recently I've been in three conver"
"I fucking despise how people use this term on the internet, and this incorrect use is seeping into real life now too. He lies through his teeth. But as far as I'm aware he isn't attempting to make people feel mentally ill."
"it sucks when someone tells you a story about how they were gaslit and youre at the edge of your seat waiting for them to convey the distorted world view they were subjected to by a cunning sociopath but then its just something about how their friend lies a lot about stuff."