Gaslighting

Tactics

Countering

Withholding

Trivializing

Denial

Diverting

Stereotyping

"you never

remember

things accurately"

Question Your Memory

They say things

such as:

or

"are you sure?

You have a bad memory."

Countering

Withholding

They may pretend not to understand someone so that they do not have to respond to them.

"You are just trying to confuse me."

"I do not know what you are talking about"

or

Leaving unread until a see a message of progress

Your choice, your willingness to communicate.

Trivializing

Belittling your feelings

or disregarding them

They may accuse you of being over-sensitive or overreacting,

Their feelings are valid but yours are not.

"You are overreacting."

Denial

Denying something occurred or pretends to forget events

They may accuse you of making it up and deny they ever said something.

"I never said that!"

Diverting

Changes the focus of a discussion and questions your credibility.

They may say something like:

"That's just another one of your crazy ideas."

Using negative stereotypes of a person's gender, race, ethinicity, sexuality, nationality, or age to manipulate them.

Stereotyping