When you intentionally deceive people into questioning themselves and their sanity to reach a self serving goal such as making someone depend on you wholly or to simply have fun with others’ mental health. Often times this is coupled with victim mentality, blame shifting, and narcissistic personality disorder.
Ronnie uses gaslighting to normalize his bully behavior. His actions towards his friends are objectively mean but when confronted he always finds a way to make his friends feel as though they are being too sensitive and that it’s all in good fun!
by Gaslighted_to_oblivion June 19, 2023
A word that mentally unstable or insane people have made up. They use this word in an attempt to accuse somebody else of psychological abuse when in reality they are just delusional. They will also do this in an attempt to hide, or even justify the delusions in their own mind.
Mark: "Jessica thats not how it happened you're delusional."
Voice 1 in Jessica's head: '"It doesn't matter if youre wrong. Just tell him he's gaslighting you!"
Voice 2 in Jessica's jead: "yeah!"
Jessica: "Mark please stop this you're gaslighting me!"
Mark: "What? Gaslighting? Here you go again, making up words. You need help!"
Voice 1 in Jessica's head: '"It doesn't matter if youre wrong. Just tell him he's gaslighting you!"
Voice 2 in Jessica's jead: "yeah!"
Jessica: "Mark please stop this you're gaslighting me!"
Mark: "What? Gaslighting? Here you go again, making up words. You need help!"
by manonthemoon69 March 24, 2021
Subconsciously convincing yourself of something due to exposure to ideologies that you would not normally regard as true
█████████ users have been gaslighting themselves into being gay by subconsciously convincing themselves to hate all women
by Stultus April 20, 2020
dim blames me for reminding him he wanted to order dennys and so that's my fault that he ordered dennys at 4 am
"i'm blaming you for all my personal shortcomings. im gaslighting you"
"i'm blaming you for all my personal shortcomings. im gaslighting you"
by peakwik64 October 25, 2022
You're doing it doggy style...you've got your finger in her butt for the sensation and a candle on her back for the ambiance.
by Triple Coiler November 19, 2020
A term of cuckery designed to protect weak individuals from differing viewpoints under the guise of psychological abuse or manipulation.
by gex123 January 24, 2017