Gaslighting--used by Conway to defend Trump against Streep--is an abusive technique of narcissists

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54. It does fit. The aim of the gaslighter is to make the target lose confidence

in her own perceptions, judgment, memory and to make the target dependent upon
the gaslighter.

The Republicans want us all controlled by their determination and view of the world. We--as Dems--really seem to
be entering a period of epic struggle between the rights of self-determination or submission to the oligarchs. I hate
to sound so dramatic and paranoid, but I think that's one of the reasons so many of us have been stunned by
the results of the November election and are having physical symptoms of high anxiety: inability to sleep, to focus,
general malaise...(with apologies to malaise!). We recognize what's at stake and feel as though a tsunami is about
to devastate our political world.

I woke up thinking about it this morning. We are all going to have to be on high alert for these abusive techniques
and be ready to call out the lies as they come--and they are going to come hard and fast because Trump is a pathological
liar. I put up a post about that definition:

A pathological liar lies compulsively and impulsively, almost without thinking about the consequences of his action. He lies regularly on a spontaneous basis even if he gains no benefit from it, or even if he traps himself into it. A pathological liar cannot control his impulse to lie and it is usually a self-defeating trait.

http://www.newhealthguide.org/Pathological-Liar.html


and the post itself http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2677471

in response to an OP that was about Politico finding recently that 96% of Trump's statements are, to some degree, false. It means you can't trust
a damn thing that comes out of his mouth.

It's no wonder we're all so anxious.