How Not to Lose Relations with Parents Because of an Abuser? #abuse #gaslighting #relationships #darkness

And the most important thing to remember is that the abuser cuts off social contacts. And so, if we don't communicate with our mom and dad, it's because they're not the right people, all our girlfriends are stupid, all our friends are, well, not the right ones either. You need, first of all, to restore people in your life and they will happily return.

Well, because it was precisely due to gaslighting, that is, distorted perception, that bad things were constantly being said about those people. And the friendship broke up, or the relationship broke up.