system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: I really truly don’t understand what “gaslighting” is, other than it is a form of psychological abuse, what is an example of such behaviour?
gpt
Gaslighting is making someone doubt their own sanity. For example, an abuser might say something hurtful and then the person they're abusing will bring it up later, and they'll deny it ever happened, making the person think they're imagining their own memories/abuse.