What Happened
<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4064×3181+0+0/resize/4064×3181!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F98%2Fb79a98254380a954452696c0eb30%2Fgettyimages-527187514.jpg' alt='The 1944 film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting.'/>Therapists say we're overusing the word.
Why It Matters
Here's what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth the word can teach us about it.(Image credit: Herbert Dorfman)
Background Context
<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4064×3181+0+0/resize/4064×3181!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F98%2Fb79a98254380a954452696c0eb30%2Fgettyimages-527187514.jpg' alt='The 1944 film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting.'/>Therapists say we're overusing the word. Here's what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth the word can teach us about it.(Image credit: Herbert Dorfman)
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Source: NPR Topics: News – Original Link
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