The term gaslighting comes from the 1944 Hollywood movie Gaslight, about a Victorian woman (Ingrid Bergman) whose new husband (Charles Boyer) slowly convinces her she’s going insane—a ruse to distract her from his malevolent activities. Among his many tactics, he dims the gas-fuelled lights on their property so that she thinks her mind is playing tricks on her. Gaslighting involves both lying and psychological manipulation to convince the victim to lose faith in their judgment and perceptions. Gaslighting is one […]
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