Summary of Robin Stern's The Gaslight Effect

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#1 Liz is a top-level executive in a major advertising firm. She’s worked hard to get where she is, and she seems to be on the verge of reaching her goal of taking over the company’s New York office. But then someone else is brought in to take the job.

#2 When Mitchell went shopping with his girlfriend, she pointed out that he still dressed like a little boy. He went to a department store and asked the personal shopper to help him choose an entire wardrobe. He felt like a new man, but his mother burst out laughing when she saw him.

#3 The Gaslight Effect is when a person who is being Gaslighted starts to believe the things that their Gaslighting partner says, and they begin to believe that they are not good or capable people.

#4 Gaslighting is when someone you trust, respect, or love speaks with great certainty, and you begin to doubt your own perception of the situation. It is difficult to not believe them, and when you do, you are more susceptible to being gaslit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669381730

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Insights on Robin Stern's The Gaslight Effect

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Liz is a top-level executive in a major advertising firm. She’s worked hard to get where she is, and she seems to be on the verge of reaching her goal of taking over the company’s New York office. But then someone else is brought in to take the job.

#2

When Mitchell went shopping with his girlfriend, she pointed out that he still dressed like a little boy. He went to a department store and asked the personal shopper to help him choose an entire wardrobe. He felt like a new man, but his mother burst out laughing when she saw him.

#3

The Gaslight Effect is when a person who is being Gaslighted starts to believe the things that their Gaslighting partner says, and they begin to believe that they are not good or capable people.

#4

Gaslighting is when someone you trust, respect, or love speaks with great certainty, and you begin to doubt your own perception of the situation. It is difficult to not believe them, and when you do, you are more susceptible to being gaslit.

#5

You are constantly second-guessing yourself. You ask yourself, Am I too sensitive. a dozen times a day. You are always apologizing to your mother, father, boyfriend, boss, and friends.

#6

The Gaslight Effect is when a strong, smart, and successful woman is caught in a demoralizing, destructive, and bewildering relationship with someone who constantly undermines her confidence and sense of reality.

#7

Gaslighting is when a person tries to make you believe that you’re doing something wrong, when you’re not. It can be done by a jealous person, who is trying to make you believe that you’re flirting when you’re not.

#8

Gaslighting is a form of mental abuse that works in stages. It may start out as minor, but eventually it becomes a bigger part of your life, and you become hopeless and joyless.

#9

Stage 1 is characterized by disbelief. Your gaslighter says something outrageous, and you can’t quite believe your ears. You think you’ve misunderstood, or maybe he was