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Re:Gaslighting by verdverm on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @06:54PM (#23839091)
Just went through this and was forced out of a job once I became aware of what this term means. Good to get educated on this so you can avoid the suffering I have known
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Re:Gaslighting by perl4ever on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @08:39PM (#23839899)
It's become awfully trendy recently to talk about gaslighting when the term is usually superfluous.

For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal

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Re:Gaslighting by verdverm on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:00AM (#23841521)
I wasn't really paying attention or noticing until a couple weeks ago when I learned it. I cannot speak to trends, but it does not seem an uncommon topic right now. There's a lot of stress and anxiety in the world right now, more than usual. Maybe this partly explains the uptick.
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