Gaslighting seems to becoming popular with certain people these days. It is a tactic used to manipulate other people’s thoughts and to help them gain power. It is a form of brainwashing and is a common technique used by dictators, politicians, abusers and cult leaders, which starts of deliberately slowly but once established takes on a life of its own. A book by Stephanie A Sarkis Ph.D on the subject identifies certain techniques used by gaslighters. See if you can recognise anyone from the following description: They tell blatant lies. They deny they ever said something, even though you have proof. They try to use what is near and dear to you as ammunition against you. They try to wear you down over time. Their actions do not match their words. They throw in positive reinforcement to confuse you. They know confusion weakens people. They accuse you of what they do themselves to distract their own behaviour. They try to align people against you. They tel...
What do we really know about the Coronavirus? We roughly know what the symptoms are; similar to flu, high temperature, sore throat, cough, respiratory difficulties mainly affecting the elderly but not solely targeting them. Apparently because it is a new illness, health authorities do not know how the virus spreads from person to person, but it is known similar viruses are spread by coughing. You only have to be near a group of people to realise this is true. Very rarely these days do you see people covering their mouths or using handkerchiefs and tissues when coughing or sneezing, in fact spitting has become more prevalent too. So when you hear complaints about the UK becoming more of a nanny state sometimes it needs to be. Imagine reaching the state when you are having to tell the public to wash their hands regularly and use tissues when coughing to realise re-education is needed on some occasions even if we do not like to hear it. One of the consequences of the virus i...