@residueleft: They made you feel “crazy.” But that feeling didn’t appear out of nowhere. You remembered what happened. They denied it. You questioned a contradiction. Their explanation changed. You brought up something they previously admitted. Suddenly, they insisted you remembered it wrong. When this happens repeatedly, you may begin questioning your own memory instead of recognizing the pattern. Eventually, the question becomes: “Am I imagining things?” “Am I remembering this wrong?” “Maybe something really is wrong with me.” That is how gaslighting can distort your sense of reality and change what you believe about yourself. The missing context matters. GASLIGHTING → REALITY DISTORTION #gaslighting #emotionalabuse #realitydistortion #psychologicalabuse #manipulation