The Gaslight Effect

Robin Stern

• 22 januari 2008
• 9781905745319

Samenvatting:

Why are so many otherwise confident, successful women locked into relationships where they give up their power, their sense of reality, and their very sense of themselves? The answer is the Gaslight Effect - a set of subtle and not-so-subtle manipulations used by boyfriends, spouses, bosses, friends, and family to make us think we're wrong and they're right. A lively prescriptive book filled with stories, lists of symptoms, and intriguing quizzes, The Gaslight Effect is the first book to fully explore this insidious form of abuse - and the first to tell readers how to free themselves.From a wife who gives into her husband when she complains he's late for dinner (he tells her she is too demanding), a talented journalist who's belittled by her boss and begins to believe that he's right; and a daughter who puts up with her mother's constant criticisms (she tells herself she's just trying to help) - Dr Stern shows us the common traps we all fall into and how to escape with our self-esteem intact.