8 Easy Ways to Spot If Your Boss or Coworkers Are Gaslighting You
And what you can do to stop it
Did you used to be confident and happy at your job, but now you’re anxious and confused?
The problem may not be you. You may be the victim of gaslighting by your boss or coworkers.
The term “gaslighting” comes from the play and movie, Gaslight, in which a man tries to convince his wife she’s going insane so he can get her money. Among other things, he turns down the gas-powered lights, then tells her she’s hallucinating when she mentions it.
In a broader context, it refers to anyone who systematically tries to make you doubt your memory or judgment.
If you leave a meeting unsure of who is assigned to a particular task, that’s just poor communication. But if you leave convinced that it’s been assigned to one of your coworkers, who later says it was assigned to you, they might be gaslighting you.
Here are 8 ways that you can spot that you’re being gaslighted at work.
1️⃣ Your boss or coworkers belittle your memory or listening skills
Your boss or coworkers tell you something that doesn’t seem right. You state your version of events — the day the project was due…
