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Raise your hand if you've ever experienced gaslighting🙋

⚠️Gaslighting is a manipulation technique that is used to make you doubt yourself, your memory of what happened, or even your sense of reality.

🗣️It might sound like: "I never said that" or "That never happened" or "You're crazy." I avoid sharing anything personal with people who gaslight.

If I must engage with a gaslighter, I try to keep conversations easy breezy, and say as little as possible.

📝Many online resources also suggest privately documenting your conversations or interactions with a gaslighter, so that you know that you are not imagining things.

If someone is causing you to doubt your sense of reality, please seek support from a professional healthcare provider. It can be helpful to have an outside perspective on what is happening.

(Gaslighting is when someone hurts you and then blames you for it.-unknown)

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Today I painted a new residents nails at work and as we were going over colors, she mentioned she wanted clear. The only thought that came to my mind was "CLEAR?! That's no fun." I asked her why she wanted clear and she said, "My hands are ugly, I don't want to draw attention to them." I then carefully responded with, "Your hands tell the story of your life. They tell the story of love, of care and adventure. These hands have touched and held things that most people can only wish to one day." And with that, she went with the color pink for her nails. Sometimes what we are so insecure with, others find beauty in. 💖

Credit: Brandalyn Mae Porter