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Pankaj Khanna,
Visiting Faculty Maths/DI-LR
IMS Indore.
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(This article is Posted on 7/4/2023.)
(6) Gaslighting
You must have heard a lot in Media and Social Media about moonlighting. Many Software Companies have been very vocal against moonlighting and have taken adequate measures to counter the menace of moonlighting.
Moonlighting refers to part-time working by employees in addition to full time job sometimes even in collaboration with competitors of the employers.
But today we are going to discuss about Gaslighting which is far more pervasive and much more menacing: at home, at workplace and in social events.
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which the abuser attempts to create doubt and confusion in the mind of the victims.
Gaslighters sow self-doubt and confusion in their victim’s mind. Typically, gaslighters are seeking to gain power and control over other persons; by distorting reality and forcing them, the victims, to question their own judgment and intuition.
Abusers gaslight their victims in order to maintain control in the relationship, and make their victim question their own sanity.
The term “gaslighting” has originated from the 1938 thriller play Gas Light , set in the Victorian era on Angel Street, in the Pimlico district of London; written by the British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton.
Hamilton's play is a dark tale of a marriage based on deceit and trickery, and a husband committed to driving his wife insane in his unethical bid to steal from her. Later the Play was adapted into the film Gaslight; in which a man tries to convince his wife that she is going insane.When he turns on the lights in the attic to search for her jewelry collection, and the gas lights dim downstairs; on questioning, he tells her it’s all in her imagination. Gradually she begins to question her own memories and perceptions. The word Gaslighting originated, from here.
Now let us see the Merriam Webster Dictionary Meaning of Gaslighting:
Psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one's emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator.
Gaslighting typically takes place in abusive relationships, and is closely associated with other types of emotional and physical abuse. While gaslighting is most common in romantic relationships, it can also occur within family or workplace relationships. (To know more about examples of Gaslighting , you may wish to see this video and this article written in the guardian three years back.)
It occurs in several groups also where collectively many members compel a few or single person to think and believe that something is indeed wrong with her or him!
Embrace the word, not the philosophy!
Any person who makes you feel small by his/her words or actions is a Gaslighter. Stay away from him/her and do yourself a favour!๐ค๐
Pankaj Khanna
Indore (9424810575)
B.E. (Mech.) SGSITS Indore 1983 Batch
-Worked with HPCL from 1984 to 2007 as Mgr.
-Faculty Maths/DI-LR - T.I.M.E. Indore 2007-20
-Faculty Maths/DI-LR -IMS Indore 2022 Onwards.
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