(100% Serious Question) How do you deal with Sociopaths that try to gaslight you with mind games ?

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

• Gas-Light - manipulate (someone) using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity or powers of reasoning.


I wanted to ask in this section how some of you personally deal with Sociopaths that use gaslighting and deceptive mind games to make you question your reality and harass you. Satanic / witchcraft people love to do this and also people who have really suppressed their conscience past the point of no return. They think that they are being slick and sneaky because they are doing it covertly.

(The worst is when someone in The Church does it to you. I had a young priest when I was Eastern Orthodox who did this to me. He would make fun of me in a low key mocking way and so would some of the parishioners. It Was Soul Crushing and disappointing.)

Do you call them out ?

How do you confront it and win in a Christian way etc ?


It even happens on this forum sometimes.
Any advice or personal experiences would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

The best way to deal with sociopaths is to change the social environment so they are not included.

 

[BobRyan]

sociopath or narcissist ?? The "gaslighting and mind games to make you question your reality" issue sounds more like a narcissist.

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

sociopath or narcissist ?? The "gaslighting and mind games to make you question your reality" issue sounds more like a narcissist.

Either Or / Both I guess.

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

It makes you wonder how "people" can be so devoid of any empathy, kindness or love and be so sinister, deceptive and cruel.

 

[BobRyan]

I think it is a confirmed form of mental illness in most cases.

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

I think it is a confirmed form of mental illness in most cases.

So the people engaging in the gaslighting behavior have mental illness / personality disorders ?

 

[TheLastGeek]

• Gas-Light - manipulate (someone) using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity or powers of reasoning.


I wanted to ask in this section how some of you personally deal with Sociopaths that use gaslighting and deceptive mind games to make you question your reality and harass you. Satanic / witchcraft people love to do this and also people who have really suppressed their conscience past the point of no return. They think that they are being slick and sneaky because they are doing it covertly.

(The worst is when someone in The Church does it to you. I had a young priest when I was Eastern Orthodox who did this to me. He would make fun of me in a low key mocking way and so would some of the parishioners. It Was Soul Crushing and disappointing.)

Do you call them out ?

How do you confront it and win in a Christian way etc ?


It even happens on this forum sometimes.
Any advice or personal experiences would be appreciated. Thanks.

Personally, I cut contact with such people and refuse to respond/react. Sociopaths cannot be reasoned with, and they cannot be enlightened to the fault of their ways. Sociopathy is a personality disorder. They do not think, feel, and reason in normal, healthy ways, and there's no amount of arguing, debating, or conversing that will correct this in them. Most sociopaths will live and die, never having changed their ways. A few may come to realize that they need help, and with long-term counseling, they may make some improvement. Moreover, they often relish getting reactions from the people they attack. They will not feel guilt or remorse for the hurt they cause you. Therefore, if you choose to do battle, be prepared for an endless onslaught, zero remorse, and no change in their behaviors.

For me, it's just not worth it.

 

[TheLastGeek]

So the people engaging in the gaslighting behavior have mental illness / personality disorders ?

Not necessarily. Gaslighting is simply a communication tactic. It's just one of many possible symptoms of personality disorders. There are plenty of "normal" people who gaslight now and then, if they feel caught, embarrassed, trapped, etc.

 

[RileyG]

Cut them out of your life.

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

 

[Wyatt A.]

Whoops. I was working on it a couple times and I guess it sent both of them I was working on.

 

[Niels]

First and foremost, ask God for wisdom.

Do you have any hobbies, interests, or things that you'd like to learn? If so, focus on those things instead. Also, if you can, spend more time with your friends and acquaintances who don't try to gaslight you.

 

[returntosender]

I had a friend like that and decided to do the same to her hoping she would recognize it but she didn't. She got angry not recognizing she's done it to me for many years. She's not talking to me now but that's okay

 

[2PhiloVoid]

• Gas-Light - manipulate (someone) using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity or powers of reasoning.


I wanted to ask in this section how some of you personally deal with Sociopaths that use gaslighting and deceptive mind games to make you question your reality and harass you. Satanic / witchcraft people love to do this and also people who have really suppressed their conscience past the point of no return. They think that they are being slick and sneaky because they are doing it covertly.

(The worst is when someone in The Church does it to you. I had a young priest when I was Eastern Orthodox who did this to me. He would make fun of me in a low key mocking way and so would some of the parishioners. It Was Soul Crushing and disappointing.)

Do you call them out ?

How do you confront it and win in a Christian way etc ?


It even happens on this forum sometimes.
Any advice or personal experiences would be appreciated. Thanks.

... I give them the silent, continuous stare ... ... ... that way they'll know just how compliant I'll be with their (implied) demands.

 

[anetazo]

I moved away from narcissist 5 years ago. Don't argue with them. They have a unclean spirit. They don't have holy spirit. There's demonic activity. Luke chapter 11, document, unclean spirit will habitation with spirtual dead. Stay away from them. Avoid toxic people. Your not going to change them. Your not going to win a argument. Avoid them.

 

[returntosender]

... I give them the silent, continuous stare ... ... ... that way they'll know just how compliant I'll be with their (implied) demands.

My gaslighter uses your technique. She gives me the silent treatment for days rather then tell me what i did to offend her which is a real punishment. Shame on you

 

[ozso]

From my personal experience with this involving a relative, cut off contact and or put up a wall.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

My gaslighter uses your technique. She gives me the silent treatment for days rather then tell me what i did to offend her which is a real punishment. Shame on you

I learned from the best ...

 

[OldAbramBrown]

It is coming from codependency. Stay outside of it by only dealing indirectly, unexpectedly or at all cost not "reading the script". If they are a light case they will take the hint. In any event pray. If it's heavy duty they need a tougher kind of forgiving than ordinary sinners: Bold Love by Allender & Longman is good on this subject; and pray.