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Eric Garland Jul 28
<THREAD> Things are about to get rocky here in America. Constitutional crises are like that. I want to talk about reclaiming TRUTH.
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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The Gandalf image was suggested by a friend who said that exposing Trump is like NOPE. GO NO FURTHER. NOPE. No more lies. NONE SHALL PASS!
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Eric Garland
You see, standing up to the gaslighting of a narcissist takes an enormous amount of mental strength. It's psychological abuse, after all.
1:29 PM - 28 Jul 2017
Eric Garland Jul 28
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Lying over and over again without shame isn't being dumb, or insane. It's a tactic to make a victim question their own sanity.
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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And the thing is, until you develop the ability to drawn permanent boundaries, it works. Especially from authority figures or partners.
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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The constant, calm, shameless repetition of absurdities eventually wears away at the soul. It becomes easier just to play along. It's abuse.
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Andrew C Laufer, Esq Jul 28
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Like spousal abuse .
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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This is common in a certain proportion of family relationships, usually with a malignant narcissist. Dictators do it to entire countries.
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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With gaslighters, there is no "pivot." There is no appeal to decency or reason. They are abusers, monsters to their very core.
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Beth Glace Jul 28
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And to wear them out, because it's just so much to fight against. Finally, the victim just acquiesces.
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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Gaslighters will tell you your memory doesn't work. That you and your "objective reality" is just abusing them. They are the "real victims."
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Forest Spirit Jul 28
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What wears me out is the general acceptance of a said narcissist. Way too much tolerance.
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Andrew C Laufer, Esq Jul 28
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Saul Alinsky
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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If you bend to them, then they can control affairs, warp situations to their unique benefit. Until you make them stop. NONE SHALL PASS!
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Will Doolittle Jul 28
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Thank you. So right. But the cleverness of the abuser is, you always look like you're overreacting when you take the Gandalf stance.
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Liberal Librarian Jul 28
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No pasaran!
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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There's a point that victims come to when - NOPE - actually, no the FBI director doesn't work "for the White House."
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Forest Spirit Jul 28
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And why is that allowed to continue?
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Anna Bee Jul 28
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Ive lived thru this (b4 now) pivots are tells. Pivots only happen to reestablish position.
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Eric Garland Jul 28
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NOPE - actually it's not normal for half the f**king Republican leadership to give Sergey Kislyak foot rubs. NOPE. NO WAY. NOT TRUE.
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