![]() ![]() Over time, her boyfriend who used drugs started dealing them, and working for the men who lived in the flat.ĭr Das says: 'B asically, they wanted her out of the house because they didn't particularly like her, and because they didn't want her to know about the activities.' Miss C had lived in that flat with her boyfriend until a few weeks' earlier.Īccording to the forensic psychiatrist, when he assessed Miss C, she said that she moved into the flat - which was full of drug dealers - with a boyfriend. He explains that Miss C had gone to a flat inhabited by drug dealers, and slashed one of them across the chest with a machete, causing a fairly severe injury. The woman, who he refers to as 'Miss C', had a diagnosis of schizophrenia and she was on trial facing grievous bodily harm. ![]() To describe how gaslighting could occur in a real-life setting, in the video, Dr Das discusses the case study of a patient he once assessed. He does this while gradually decreases the flame on the gaslight, but when his wife says the light is getting dimmer, he denies it. He adds that the term gaslighting originated from a 1938 play of the same name, where a husband tries to convince the wife that she's slowly turning insane so he can steal from her. 'Basically, it becomes easier and easier to manipulate the target.' 'It confuses and disorientates them it also.pushes the power dynamic towards the abuser, so it's easier for the abuser to continue doing this, and also to utilize other forms of abuse. Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse, according to forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das who discussed the topic in a recent YouTube video (stock image)
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