When Your Family Gaslight’s You

When your family gaslight’s you or misunderstand’s you it’s very easy for you to doubt your reality.

It’s a healthy desire in a relational context to want to be believed.

No one wants to experience trauma or abuse and not be believed by people who are close to them.

In a toxic family dynamic, it is common for family members to question the experiences of other family members.

But for trustworthy and reliable family member, it is a painful thing to be discredited and not believed.

You may be discredited for a variety of reasons including being someone who pushes the family to face reality.

You may become the blackseep or the scapegoat or the one nobody considers significant in the family.

In this live chat, I discuss the psychology of being labeled, misunderstood, or miscategorized.