The Quietest Manipulation of All

Gaslighting isn’t about confusion, it’s about control disguised as concern.

If people really understood the spiritual, emotional, and physical impact of gaslighting, they’d stop laughing it off as just another buzzword.

The name comes from a 1944 film, Gaslight.

"A husband, methodically and with a smile, dims the gas lights in their home. When his wife, notices the flicker, he tells her she’s imagining it. It doesn't stop there. He makes noises in the attic. He moves her belongings. And each time she notices, he looks her in the eye and insists she is mistaken. She’s forgetful. She’s hysterical.

His entire goal is to make her so unsure of her own reality that she’ll be declared insane. All to get to a treasure she doesn’t know is hidden in the house. He isn’t just lying. He is systematically dismantling her tool for determining what is true: her own perception."

That’s the whole point of the tactic: to make you doubt what you already know is true.

And that right there—that’s Satan’s favorite playground.

He doesn’t always show up with pitchforks and horns. Sometimes he comes disguised as clarity, dressed in empathy, humming the tune of “you’re overreacting.”

See, the goal of gaslighting isn’t to win the argument.

It’s to win you, your trust, your focus, and your internal compass.

Over time, the enemy doesn’t need to fight you anymore. You’ll start second-guessing yourself without him even showing up.

~Maybe I am too sensitive.~

No. Maybe you were just trained to question your discernment.

Each time someone makes you question what you sense, it chisels away at your ability to trust your own discernment.

And when you stop trusting your discernment, you start doubting the Holy Spirit who gave it to you.

That’s the deeper danger.

Gaslighting is a slow rewiring. It trains your mind to believe that truth is negotiable, that peace requires silence, and that “keeping the peace” is the same as being godly. It’s not.

The Word of God says, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

That means the moment you recognize the lie, you have authority over it.

And once you see it—you can’t unsee it.

So if you’ve ever been made to feel crazy for feeling,

or naïve for believing,

or too spiritual for sensing what others can’t,

take heart. You’re not broken. You’re discerning.

Focus Point:

Gaslighting is the art of making you forget you already heard God the first time.

If this stirred something in you, share it with someone who’s still doubting their discernment. Help them remember that their peace isn’t up for debate.

~Still digging with you, Jackie