Elisa Donovan

And so you start to feel embarrassed.

So you start to limit your social network.

And so what ends up happening is that you ends up in this tiny, small bubble and your reality has become so warped that you have to depend on your abuser to define reality for you because without them, you are lost.

And so that's what gaslighting really is.

So you just sort of mentioned a few, but are there any other kind of particular phrases or behaviors that people should immediately should like set up a red flag?

Yes.

Things like, you know, you're crazy or you always do this or, you know, something like that's not me.

Right.

You show a picture to them about you said you were out with your friends, but I saw you out with this one.

And here's a picture.

That's not me.

They must have photoshopped it.

You know how much they hate me.

That kind of stuff.

Right.

But again, the bigger ones that are kind of like the hallmarks of this is you're crazy.

You're losing your mind.

You know, you need help.

Or you take their phone and you start going through it and you find something and then they throw it back on you and make you feel.

And then before you know it, you're apologizing for going through their phone because you're crazy and you're psycho, that kind of stuff.