I made this video from an interview I participated in, on a nationally syndicated radio show. Because I am not able to use identifying information of the show, I removed the interviewers voice. Still, he asked incredible questions (which are presented to the viewer). This is my best brief explanation on the diverse topic of gaslighting.
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Ross Rosenberg M.Ed., LCPC, CADC, CSAT, is the owner of Self-Love Recovery Institute. He is a psychotherapist, educator, expert witness and author. Ross is known globally for his expertise in codependency (Self-Love Deficit Disorder™), Pathological Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse and Trauma Treatment. His book, “The Human Magnet Syndrome” sold over 110,000 copies and are translated into nine languages. Ross’s YouTube channel has amassed over 17million video views and 185K subscribers. He is a keynote speaker and educator who has presented educational workshops in 30 States/70 cities and abroad. Ross has been regularly featured on national TV and radio.
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Hardcore gaslighters are usually psychopaths/ sociopaths – they are evil awful monsters.
Thank you Mr. Rosenberg
Truth heals, absolutely. Thank you very much Mr. Rosenberg for this channel and everything you share here. One and only channel helped me to understand what is going on with me when I first woke up to reality of narc abuse.
By the time I was 4years old I could put on any mask for my mother to make her day go exactly as she needed it to. It has taken me years to forgive her and what do I do. Get involved in a relationship with another MASTER. Im at my breaking point. I need help.
Now hang on. Just engaging in a relationship with someone in good faith doesn't mean we're codependent. Only how we behave once we realize what we've gotten into is a measure of our mental and emotional health. I attract narcissists, but i am not afraid of being alone, and I'm quick to drop you once I see what you're up to.
I am so glad I have a relationship with God because when I was in the midst of gaslighting from the narcissist I felt like I was losing my mind. I had so much hate and anger inside of me, and it didn't feel right. Then as I began to search for "what is wrong with me" God reminded me that THIS is NOT what He saved me from. I was a depressed and suicidal child by the time I was 16 I had attempted suicide 5 times. That is what God saved me from..sadness NOT anger.I began to search for a way out. And so glad I did.
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Ross you're doing a good job.
Thank you for the work that you do 💗
I don't know that pathologically narcissistic people don't all gaslight. I would venture to say that they all do it.
I think that gas lighting can be underneath other things they do. Like, smear campaigns are a gas light because usually they are spewing lies to someone to get someone else to feel badly for them. The whole goal of smear campaigns is to make the narcissist look ALL good and the one their smearing look ALL bad. That would be bending reality wouldn't it? Which means it's a gas light.
Lying: I think it would be safe to say that all narcissists lie. Lying is an attempt to make someone believe that something false, is true. That again would be bending reality. Which means it's a gas light.
Projection: Accusing someone else of something the narcissist is actually doing or has done. This is another attempt at rearranging reality.
If it's an act of trying to get you to question reality or distort it in some way, it's gas lighting. And most of what these monsters do, contains some sort of reality distortion which makes them walking gas lighters.