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• Seimhe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The American Psychological Association (APA) Dictionary of Psychology defines gaslight as:

  to manipulate another person into doubting their perceptions, experiences, or understanding of events.

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  • Klear@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The link says nothing of the sort. You probably misread it, or misunderstood it.

    spoiler

    It was a joke

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    • Seimhe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Ah, you got me.

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    • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And of course the American PYSCHOLOGICAL Associate would say that. It’s how they make money by selling these bogus diagnosis guides to psychologists

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  • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Whoosh

    At this point, ‘gaslighting’ is just a synonym for ‘lying’ (or in this case, ‘making excuses’).

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  • UninterestingVoid@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    i think they want to gaslight you into thinking gaslighting isn’t real!!1!1!

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  • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The APA is famous for spreading fake news. Don’t let them fool you, wake up

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  • phar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Aww man…such a good opportunity to use the wrong definition and you squandered it with whoooosh

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fake News

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