Gaslighting is a type of emotional abuse where the abuser
manipulates situations repeatedly to trick the victim into
distrusting his or her own memory and perceptions. Gaslighting
is an insidious form of abuse. It makes victims question the
very instincts that they have counted on their whole lives,
making them unsure of anything. This tactic has been seen many
times in popular films. In ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Jessica Chastain
plays "Maya," a CIA officer who, at one point, treats a detainee
to a sumptuous dinner to reward him for sharing critical
information that she says saved American lives. The truth is,
the detainee doesn't remember telling his captors anything. But
weak in mind and body, after several sleepless days and nights
of torture, he accepts what Maya says as the truth. This is
gaslighting. The term itself was popularized by the 1944 film
Gaslight, starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. "Gregory,"
played by Boyer, maintains that a gaslight his wife "Paula"
(Bergman) sees growing dim then brighte