Gaslight

A strategy of manipulation and abuse, gaslighting is extremely damaging when it comes from parents.

This is the most subtle form of gaslighting within a family. “The problem is that the first thing a manipulator does is to objectify the person. The only image presented to the world is one of perfection, and anything suggesting vulnerability is hidden. They may say they understand their child, but use a critical and insulting tone, or they may say they love the child while their body language is expressing the opposite. Instead of providing emotional support, the parent forces the The unpredictable and unstable family. The rules vary and the consequences don’t make sense, as they invalidate reality. The context is usually an intimate relationship, involving the abuse of power between different family members. And, of course, it can happen within the family.” This psychological abuse does not occur only in couples, but can be perpetrated among friends, co-workers and even within the family itself.” The double-bind family: no matter what the child does or says, the parent does not like it. A term coined by psychologists to describe a specific type of abuse, it was inspired by the 1938 play of the same name from director Patrick Hamilton.