Gaslighting
A pattern in which someone systematically undermines your confidence in your own judgement, memory and experience.
How it shows up
»I never said that.« »You’re too sensitive.« »You made it all up.« A single sentence is nothing; a pattern that persists leads you to stop trusting yourself and start checking with them.
What we do with it in therapy
The first task is restoring trust in your own perception — often by starting to write things down. If there is violence in the relationship, this isn’t a matter for negotiation but for safety.
See also
Procrastination
Turning away from a task, arising not from laziness but from the unpleasant feeling the task triggers.
Circadian rhythm
The internal clock that regulates sleep, wakefulness, temperature and hormones across roughly twenty-four hours.
Trust
The willingness to be vulnerable without checking all the time.
