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The gaslighter’s imposed false narratives and distorted versions of reality weaken and neutralize the SLD’s defenses and turn their mind against them. Berated, ridiculed, and taunted, they become painfully ashamed of the chronically impaired and subjectively worthless person they have become. The SLD victim, who is eager to establish connection and intimacy, is easily manipulated and encouraged to feel guilty for their mistakes, deficits, and insecurities. This is when the choreography of the victim’s environment begins.

Strategically creating the illusion of an intimate and safe environment, they encourage their willing victim to engage in personal and revealing self-disclosure. Once the gaslighter sets their sights on the chosen SLD, they carefully begin the process of observing and identifying their insecurities and deficits. Unlike the SLD, who begins the relationship with intense infatuation and OCD-like happiness, otherwise known as “limerence,” the sociopathic gaslighter feigns limerence while executing the earliest stage of the systematically devised gaslighting plan. Because of many factors, most notably, “The Human Magnet Syndrome’s ” unconscious attraction and relationship patterns, gaslighters and SLDs predictably choose each other for romantic partners.Īs a result of Self-Love Deficit Disorder’s/SLDD’s (codependency’s) specific interpersonal and mental health-related deficits, SLDs are vulnerable to both falling in love with and subsequently believing their gaslighter’s false altruism, affection, and promises of protection. Gaslighting is the systematically applied mind-control strategy that sociopaths and sociopathic narcissists use to covertly prey upon vulnerable Self-Love Deficient/SLD (codependent) individuals. To further the advancement of the mental health field, the following definition is provided. To overcome this scourge of a problem, we must update, redefine, and broaden our understanding of it. Because of its complex nature and apparent invisibility, it secretly lurks in the shadows while perpetuating unfathomable harm upon its victims. Gaslighting is simply impossible to comprehend, identify, and permanently eradicate without an accurate understanding of what it is and how it evades detection.