4. The gaslighting game
This is one that I’m sure you’re quite common with and that’s the gaslighting game. That takes us word salad thing a little bit further gaslighting, and I’ve had some other articles on this topic is an attempt to distort your understanding of reality.
Now, when a person is gaslighting you, they’ll call into question what is true, and what is accurate versus what is not, and you’ll hear the narcissist say things like, I didn’t say that or I did say that but not in the context that you took it, or they may say well, you specifically told me this and I was just responding on that when in fact you’re thinking did I say that. games narcissist play
It may be that they’ll tell you half-truths, and they’ll say well, here’s what happened today, and then they leave out some important details, and then when you’re over here saying oh, I didn’t realize that. They’re not really going along with the truth, they just want to maintain confusion.
Sometimes, they’ll say some very flattering things about you, and they may say things like no one in this world respects and honors you more than me! And you’re over there criticizing being saying other things, do you know how many times I’ve stood up for you and you’re thinking, I really don’t.
So they try to make themselves out to be one thing and cause you to question your reality about something out of that. That’s what gaslighting is all about. You walk away thinking well, I don’t even know which end is up now, and they’re thinking, good, that’s the game.
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