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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by perl4ever on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:09PM (#17938613)
Being crazy subjectively seems like being gaslighted by everyone else. I think "gaslighting yourself" amounts to a figure of speech that means the same thing. While you may not think it's a technically correct usage, there are other similar expressions in English. I would say it's an example of an oxymoron.
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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by wetKoala on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:40PM (#17939091)
Delusional. Being delusional.

A person is simply delusional, if they are deceiving themselves.

May as well start gangstalking myself. Hold on, let me stand outside my window with all my other selves. brb

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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by perl4ever on Saturday September 08, 2018 @01:12AM (#17939529)
There are lots of ways to express similar concepts in English, but in this case, I think "gaslighting yourself" expresses an incremental, progressive, or recursive concept whereas "simply delusional" is more static.
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