Beware!!! These Gaslighting Signs Can Ruin Your Relationship

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Pooja Suryavanshi

It feels good being in love but things go upside down when either one in a relationship gaslights the other and soon relationship turns abusive. The only way to stop is to identify the signs of gaslighting in a relationship at an early stage. Keep reading to know what gaslighting is and how to spot it.

Origin Of Gaslighting

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Long-Term Effects

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manipulative for one’s benefit but it can severely ruin a victim’s mental health. Anxiety, depression, lack of trust, psychological trauma, and more are its long-term effects. It can even take the form of physical and sexual abuse.

Often, the victim is heedless about their partner’s behavior and suffers throughout their life thinking their mental health is the real reason. Checking for these gaslighting signs in a relationship can save one from confusion and other effects.

They Deny Their Actions

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techniques of gaslighting where a person doesn’t take responsibility of certain action or words rather make other question their memory. In addition to this, one may add details to an event to validate their point even though the victim has solid proof of the event.

They Divert One’s Attention

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Not straightforward but in a way that you’ll feel making an apology for every action even though it’s not necessary. It is because they are plotting the scenario whereby only you and you are the ones who made mistakes and hurt them.

These signs of gaslighting are, however, hard to raise the question on someone’s intent as gas lighter might be doing it unintentionally. So, try to understand the entire situation from the third person’s view. It will make the assessment easy.

Once you identify whether your partner is truly gaslighting or not, take a decision based on the worthiness of the relationship. Always remember, “If it steals your mental peace, it’s not worthy”so quit the relationship, and if you can’t then take the help of a therapist for the right support and recovery.

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