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Message: [QUOTE="husky8273, post: 3301873, member: 639"] [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/gaslighting']Gaslighting[/URL] describes a form of psychological abuse in which the victim is gradually manipulated into doubting his or her sanity. The term originated from the 1938 play [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Light'][I]Gas Light[/I][/URL] (known in the United States as [I]Angel Street[/I]) by the British dramatist Patrick Hamilton and two film adaptations (1940 and 1944), both named [I]Gaslight[/I], about a woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is going insane. The title stems from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_lighting']gas lights[/URL] in the house, which dim whenever the husband secretly turns them on in the attic, while searching for hidden jewels. Although the wife accurately notices the dimming lights, her husband insists that she has only imagined a change in the level of illumination. It’s one of a series of unexplained incidents that lead the wife to suspect that she may be slowly going mad. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film)']1944 film[/URL] starred Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Joseph Cotten; it was directed by George Cukor. The film was nominated for seven Oscars and won two: Bergman as Best Actress and for Art Direction. [/QUOTE]