The state someone enters when they fully commit to rewriting events, denying facts, and making the other person feel unhinged — usually as a defensive tactic when cornered. Gaslight mode isn't a personality; it's a gear shift. Someone in gaslight mode will claim conversations never happened, flip the script to make you the aggressor, and produce an alternative version of events so confidently you start to waver. Recognising when someone has switched into gaslight mode is the only way to avoid getting completely lost in their version of reality.
The moment she brought up the receipts, he went full gaslight mode and acted like she was making it all up.
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