Gasslighting

The correct spelling of the word ‘gasslighting.’ Anybody who tells you any different is wrong. It is a common misconception that gasslighting only has one s’, but just like the base word ‘gass’ it is spelt with two.

Person1: Gasslighting is spelt with two s’ , right?
Person2: Yeah.
Person3: I thought it only had one?
Person2: Common misconception.

Gasslighting by ihavetheanswer August 20, 2024

Gaslighting

A form of intimidation or psychological abuse, sometimes called Ambient Abuse where false information is presented to the victim, making them doubt their own memory, perception and quite often, their sanity. The classic example of gaslighting is to switch something around on someone that you know they're sure to notice, but then deny knowing anything about it, and to explain that they "must be imagining things" when they challenge these changes.

A more psychological definition of gaslighting is "an increasing frequency of systematically withholding factual information from, and/or providing false information to, the victim - having the gradual effect of making them anxious, confused, and less able to trust their own memory and perception.

Your spouse begins telling you things that never really happened. For instance, he says that last week he told you he was going to go to the bar with his buddies this Monday night, but you never remember him telling you that.

Or maybe your boss gets angry because you didn't prepare the report he asked you to. When you remind him that he usually prepares that particular report, he snaps that he told you to take care of it a few days ago because he was too busy. However, you know he never asked you to do so.

Both of these could be considered gaslighting.

Gaslighting by Your Reality Check June 1, 2009

Gaslighting

When you lie to someone and you make them feel insane because they don’t know what to believe anymore. It’s a type of psychological abuse.

Matt Watson is always gaslighting Ryan Magee. Ryan says “ Stop gas lighting me Matt sponge bob is not gay”

Gaslighting by Super mega fan June 24, 2019

Gaslighting

There's no such thing as gaslighting. Who even told you about this word? You probably dreamt it up. You're so stupid for even thinking this could be a real word.

Gaslighting? Maybe you misremembered a different word?

Gaslighting by EdMason September 7, 2021

Gasplighting 

When you are dying of Covid, but you want to convince people that you are as healthy as you were 20 years ago.

President Trump was gasplighting the nation with his manly stamina and indomitable immune system via an onslaught of self-indulgent, faux-patriotic, poorly edited propaganda, but all anyone noticed was him struggling to breathe.

Gasplighting by Bogrimm October 5, 2020

Yasslighting 

A pun based off the term gaslighting when a person or group of persons (typically a comment section) blatantly lie to gas up an ugly person trying to pull off a look they shouldn't with "yasss queen slay girl boss" energy. Typically this will be skinny girls telling fat girls they look amazing in skintight revealing outfits complimenting their "confidence" so that they can look better in comparison or handmaidens and trans people telling other trans people how awesome and feminine they look in anime outfits they got off wish or masculine they look while still in makeup, jewelry, and neon hair dye.

Did you see all the yasslighting going on in the comments of that Lizzo post?

Yea it was almost as bad watching Dylan Mulvaney and that other trans person on his tick tock with all the facial hair telling each other how great they are at girlhood

Yasslighting by 2Based2Care February 22, 2023

Ambient Gaslighting 

ambient gaslighting - Most people now know gaslighting, put simply, is when someone tries to make someone else question their reality. "Ambient gaslighting" refers to the subtle undercurrents of mistreatment or disrespect that we experience in small doses and may not realize are a form of gaslighting.

Physician psychiatrist Dr. Grant Brenner coin the term.

Are you being gaslit ?
Here are signs you're being gaslit, according to USA TODAY columnist Sara Kuburic:

You are often confused.

You are struggling to trust your memories or feelings.

You find yourself constantly apologizing.

You feel like you can’t do anything right.

You are often nervous, worried or anxious.
You don’t feel confident.
You struggle to trust yourself.
You constantly blame yourself when something goes wrong (even if it’s not your fault).

Ambient Gaslighting In the workplace. Executives may espouse transparency, but employees may experience behavior contrary to to that.

In targeted marketing. "People may be confused as to whether the ad they got is something they really wanted, or whether that desire has been planted in that.

In political news. Polarized politics have led to seemingly alternate realities that have only accelerated during the pandemic. Convincing opinion-like news programs or unverified viral social media posts may make you question your beliefs.

Ambient Gaslighting by Blu_leef March 31, 2023