Gaslighting EXPERT Reveals 10 Early Warning Signs!

Imagine feeling confident in your reality, only to have it constantly questioned by someone close to you. I remember when a close friend of mine went through this—let's call her Sarah. Her partner would deny things he said just days before, and Sarah started doubting her memory. This kind of manipulation, known as gaslighting, can seriously erode your self-trust and damage your mental well-being.

Gaslighting is a nasty form of psychological manipulation where the abuser makes the victim question their reality. It's crucial to spot it early to prevent long-term emotional damage. From what I've read and heard from psychologists, there are several early signs to watch out for: frequent denial of actions or words, dismissive comments that trivialize your feelings, and projecting their negative behaviors onto you. They might also create confusion through constant contradictions, isolate you from friends and family, insist they are always correct, undermine your achievements, omit key details to disorient you, blame and shame you for their problems, and use condescending humor to belittle you.

Protecting yourself involves trusting your instincts, staying connected with loved ones, setting boundaries, documenting interactions, and seeking professional help if needed. It’s important to avoid engaging in prolonged arguments with the gaslighter and to focus on maintaining your sense of reality with support from trusted individuals.

Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multi-award-winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.

He has published several articles and books in these areas and is the author of:

BPD Guided Journal: Journal: Your Space to Release Intense Emotions, Nurture Self-Compassion, and Take Charge of Borderline Personality Disorder. Available at: https://shorturl.at/Ta5Dj

The BPD Card Deck: 50 Ways to Balance Emotions and Live Well with Borderline Personality Disorder. Available at: www.shorturl.at/jBHJV

Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance. Available at:
https://rb.gy/hdyqyy

Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders: A New Conceptualization of Development, Reinforcement, Expression, and Treatment. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/2anv8dww

The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD. Available at: https://goo.gl/LQEgy1

Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner): https://goo.gl/BLRkFy

Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner):: https://goo.gl/sZYhym

Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).

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00:00 Introduction
01:11 10 Earliest Signs of Gaslighting
03:12 Denial
04:00 Trivializing feelings
04:56 Projection
05:54 Contradictions
06:43 Isolation
08:33 Insisting They’re Correct
09:47 Minimizing Achievements
11:03 Leaving Out Key Details
12:10 Blaming and Shaming
13:43 Questioning Sense of Humor
15:11 Trust Your Instincts