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Dani Richards's avatar

Although my abusive (domestic violence) relationship was over 25 years ago and I have healed from it completely, I have new gratitude for having gone through the experience, because all of the self-education/therapy I did to overcome the effects of the abuse opened my eyes to the techniques of manipulation (whether of abusive intent or even benign or beneficial intent "for the greater good of everyone").

This knowledge of the machinations has been the most valuable tool in my toolbox to resist the attempts of the manipulators, and I have been amazed at how blind and gullible so many of my loved ones have been. But they had not gone through the fire like I did.

I find myself wishing I could just convey my lessons learned to everyone, but unfortunately it seems, for many, that you have to actually go through it to learn the lesson.

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An example of the BBC gaslighting department - you were never told to get vaccinated to protect others, you made it up in your head.

https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/fact-checking-the-bbc-fact-checkers

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