Shattering the Pattern: Why You Must Have Zero Tolerance for Gaslighting Behaviors
We are a society that loves to gaslight victims. This is why you can’t afford to let that slide anymore.
by E.B. Johnson
We are a society who loves to gaslight. We gaslight survivors, victims, anyone who stands up for progress or something better. Even worse, we gaslight ourselves — allowing toxic and damaging generational patterns of trauma to take root and terrorize our children and grandchildren for centuries.
The time has come for each of us to stop and take stock.
We can no longer afford to gaslight one another. We can’t allow this behavior to go any further or to cause any more damage than we already have. Painful though it might be, it’s time for each of us to put our feet down and take accountability for who we are, what we want, and what we’re not getting in our lives and relationships.
Why you must have zero tolerance for gaslighting.
No matter who you are dealing with in your life, you must have zero tolerance for gaslighting. Learn to hold space for yourself and your emotions. You have a right to hold people to account, and they have a right to hold you to account…
