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Gaslighting Red Flags:
•You apologize WITHOUT knowing what you did wrong.
•There is an imbalance of power.
•When you try to explain how you feel, they’re dismissive and you are being “overly dramatic or too sensitive”
•Most interactions make you feel small/ashamed.
•You apologize WITHOUT knowing what you did wrong.
•There is an imbalance of power.
•When you try to explain how you feel, they’re dismissive and you are being “overly dramatic or too sensitive”
•Most interactions make you feel small/ashamed.
•They assign motives to your actions that are the opposite of your intentions.
•They give you “affection” and then take it away.
•They insist that it didn’t happen the way you’re explaining.
•You edit every word before you speak it.
•They give you “affection” and then take it away.
•They insist that it didn’t happen the way you’re explaining.
•You edit every word before you speak it.
Signs of Gaslighting in a relationship/friendship:
1. You question your worth
2. You say “i’m sorry a lot”
3. They attack your foundation
4. They try to confuse you
5. You stop trusting yourself
6. Your energy is completely drained
7. They project their wrongdoings
1. You question your worth
2. You say “i’m sorry a lot”
3. They attack your foundation
4. They try to confuse you
5. You stop trusting yourself
6. Your energy is completely drained
7. They project their wrongdoings
10 signs that you ARE a victim of gas lighting:
1. You’re frequently second-guessing yourself
2. You wonder if you’re too sensitive
3. You don’t trust your own judgement and/or decisions
4. You find yourself CONSTANTLY apologizing
5. You can’t figure out why you’re unhappy
1. You’re frequently second-guessing yourself
2. You wonder if you’re too sensitive
3. You don’t trust your own judgement and/or decisions
4. You find yourself CONSTANTLY apologizing
5. You can’t figure out why you’re unhappy
6. You always make excuses for your partners behavior
7. You feel like you can’t do anything right
8. You think you aren’t good enough
9. You feel like you were once a happier/ more confident person
10. You hold things back from friends/family
7. You feel like you can’t do anything right
8. You think you aren’t good enough
9. You feel like you were once a happier/ more confident person
10. You hold things back from friends/family
13 signs of gaslighting in your relationship:
1. No longer feeling like the person you used to be.
2. Being more anxious/less confident than you used to be.
3. Often wondering if you’re being too sensitive/overly dramatic.
4. Feeling like everything you do is WRONG.
1. No longer feeling like the person you used to be.
2. Being more anxious/less confident than you used to be.
3. Often wondering if you’re being too sensitive/overly dramatic.
4. Feeling like everything you do is WRONG.
5. ALWAYS THINKING IT’S YOUR FAULT WHEN THINGS GO WRONG.
6. Constantly apologizing even when it’s not your fault.
7. Having a sense that something’s wrong, but being unable to identify what it is.
8. Often questioning whether your response to your partner is appropriate.
6. Constantly apologizing even when it’s not your fault.
7. Having a sense that something’s wrong, but being unable to identify what it is.
8. Often questioning whether your response to your partner is appropriate.
9. Constantly making excuses
10. Avoiding giving information to friends/family to avoid confrontation about your partner
11. Feeling isolated from friends/family
12. Finding it hard to make decisions
13. Feeling hopeless/ uninterested in the things you once enjoyed
10. Avoiding giving information to friends/family to avoid confrontation about your partner
11. Feeling isolated from friends/family
12. Finding it hard to make decisions
13. Feeling hopeless/ uninterested in the things you once enjoyed
