'But by the time I assessed her, she was clean, and her mental health was much better. So the advice I gave to the court was that she didn't need to be transferred to a psychiatric unit. 'So this was a diagnostically very messy, sticky, complicated case, because there were the symptoms of mental illness plus drug use,' says Dr Das. In addition, they would give her free drugs, and then later demand money, saying they had never said she could have them for free. Later in the day, they would delete the messages and photos, and insist that the conversations had never even taken place.Īccording to Dr Das: 'T hey knew she had issues with mental illness, and that at times, she had gone in and out of psychosis.so they were using that to their advantage to disorientate and confuse her, and to let her doubt what was actually reality.' They would have long, convoluted conversations with her about how her boyfriend was being unfaithful, showing her photos of him with other women, and texts they said he had sent them. Over time, her boyfriend who used drugs started dealing them, and working for the men who lived in the flat.ĭr Das says: 'B asically, they wanted her out of the house because they didn't particularly like her, and because they didn't want her to know about the activities.' It can have a highly negative effect on a person’s self-esteem and confidence. When it’s done repeatedly, over a long period of time, it can have the effect of making someone doubt their own ideas about things – or even question their sanity. In more extreme cases it can be a real form of abuse. Many of us might be guilty of some mild form of gaslighting from time to time – refusing to hear what our partner has to say even if they’re in the right or persistently disagreeing over some minor quibble, even when you aren’t sure of your position. Most commonly, it takes the form of frequently disagreeing with someone or refusing to listen to their point of view. Gaslighting is a term that refers to trying to convince someone they’re wrong about something even when they aren’t. 'So he took her into a room, showed her his gun, and said basically if you snitch to the police then this gun is going to be for you and your family.' GASLIGHTING IN RELATIONSHIPS 'According to Miss C, just about a week before she moved out, the man was really threatening towards her because he was worried that she would blab to the police about all the drug dealing that was going on in this flat,' explains Dr Das.
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