Of Emotional Abuse And Gaslighting (Part 2)

In the preceding article we gave an example of the movie Gaslight in order to elucidate on gaslighting. More real life  illustrations of gaslighting will be depicted in this worthy continuance. It is noteworthy to highlight that the illustrations here have been extracted verbatim from Dr Robert Stern’s book on the GasLight effect. The samples in this article have referred to men as gaslighters and women as gaslightees as research shows that most females in comparison to males are prone to being gaslighted.

1. Katie is a friendly, upbeat person who walks down the street with a smile for everyone. Her job as a sales rep means that she’s often talking to new people, which she loves. An attractive woman in her late 20s, she went through a long period of dating before she finally settled on her current boyfriend, Brian.