Gaslighters Are Real, You're Not Crazy

[dilettante]

Dr. Ramani has a good 3-part video series on the Covert Narcissist.

 

[Sciguy]

wasn't the film " the seven f aces of eve" an extreme example or is that summat else??

There was a film in the 50s called the Three Faces of Eve, but that was about multiple personality disorder.

 

[davey]

There was a film in the 50s called the Three Faces of Eve, but that was about multiple personality disorder.

yes that's the one - thought it was 7 faces!! haha

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I think the term narcissism is often misused because people have an incorrect notion of the mental health condition it describes.

And there is also the slightly different covert narcissist:

I think I might be a covert narcissist
I watched this and I definitely have some of the traits. My dad was definitely narcissistic
My mom, borderline

 

[PeppermintPatty]

There was a film in the 50s called the Three Faces of Eve, but that was about multiple personality disorder.

It definitely was about Dissociation Identity Disorder, not narcissistic personality disorder

 

[Lilac]

The term "gaslighting" came from a movie made in 1944 that starred Ingrid Bergman & Charles Boyer called Gaslight.

It's a great movie to watch & really explains what gaslighting is.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/

 

[Remy]

I think I might be a covert narcissist
I watched this and I definitely have some of the traits. My dad was definitely narcissistic
My mom, borderline

Damn, I didn't know your mother was a borderline also. I'm so sorry.

We all carry traits of the personality disorders. It's part of being human. Being full blown in any of them is another thing all together. I know darn good and well I'm not a personality disorder. I am a number of other things but not one of those.

 

[Remy]

Good YouTube channel for those with childhood trauma. Patrick Teahan.
https://www.youtube.com/@patrickteahanofficial

Dr. Kim Sage. A Psychologist raised by a borderline mother.
https://www.youtube.com/@DrKimSage

I also like this woman
https://www.youtube.com/@beyondfamilyscapegoatingabuse

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Damn, I didn't know your mother was a borderline also. I'm so sorry.

We all carry traits of the personality disorders. It's part of being human. Being full blown in any of them is another thing all together. I know darn good and well I'm not a personality disorder. I am a number of other things but not one of those.

My mom wasn’t borderline personality. I meant she was close to being a narcissist. I’m basically guessing. My moms was thev only one who went to a psychiatrist. She went after my brother died.

I was guessing about the covert personality. I’ve never been diagnosed with any such thing either.

You’re right. We all carry different traits. There are traits of every personality disorder I sometimes exhibit but there’s no way I have them all. My husband often jokes with me calling me Dr. ___________ !

 

[SeaBreeze]