Gaslighting, where someone causes another person to doubt their sanity or senses, can cause psychological damage.
There's an opposite thing, though, that can also be damaging. As far as I know, it has no name. I call it "lightgassing" (or "light gassing"). Here, I explain how lightgassing works.
Lightgassing is when one person agrees with or validates another person's false beliefs or misconceptions in order to be supportive.
Unlike gaslighting, a tactic of jerks and abusers,...
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