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You Can Gaslight Yourself into Loving Someone
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The information age (internet) has multiplied the possible people/personalities/characters that we are exposed to waaaay above the norm and a common feeling is that might be making us more judgmental and more picky in our partners. It's not a very well defined but in general gaslighting someone else means convincing them of something that isn't true, using a position of trust and authority to undermine their own memories/experiences and replace them with another incorrect understanding. Then you can imagine your life together, invent scenarios and scenes that feel good and so the spiral will begin as your brain pumps you full of those nice chemicals.
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