![]() ![]() What you don’t see is that it’s the girls that are flirting with him and he’s just being polite. ![]() Maybe you’re upset because you think your boyfriend is always flirting with other girls. Maybe your parents had very cut-and-dry beliefs and that certainty is how they (and now you) see the world and when someone sees things differently you assume something is wrong with them, Stern says. It might be a result of how you were raised. The manipulator holds enough power that “the target of the gaslighting is terrified to change up or step out of the gaslighting dynamic because the threat of losing that relationship - or the threat of being seen as less than who you want to be seen as to them - is quite a threat,” she says ![]() There usually tends to be a power dynamic when gaslighting happens, Stern explains. Gaslighting usually happens in a power dynamic, but it’s not always intentional or malicious No matter whether it’s happening in a marriage, between a leader and his or her constituency or elsewhere, it’s important to be aware of the red flags that you (or someone you know) might be a victim - which is the first step to getting out of the abusive situation. There are several examples of gaslighting being done by President Donald Trump and his administration, Stern notes. Gaslighting happens in personal relationships (think an abusive spouse or, in rarer cases, parent), in professional relationships (a manipulative boss or coworker preying on a subordinate), and even by public figures. ![]()
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