it's kind of cruel to tell affection-deprived people stuff like "oh well just be glad you don't have ass cancer now shut up 
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@lucifargundam that's not what gaslighting is
@icedquinn
>> Appeal to needs
<< Rejection of same needs
>> I sympathize....
<< No one cares...
"The aim is clear: to confuse and disorient the victim so that the perpetrator can gain total control over them."
@lucifargundam gaslighting is usually purposefully making people doubt their own memories.
@icedquinn
_usually_ yes. But not always. Either way, you have my sympathies and I hope you establish a healthy detachment from toxicity (not the system of a down song - that's a good one).
