Gaslighting Results in Daughter's Death, Mother Launches Website Raising Awareness on Psychological Torment
The term gaslighting comes from the 1944 English movie Gaslight.
A mother who lost her daughter to gaslighting is now spreading awareness about the cryptic psychological issue. Miriam Lewis found her daughter, Natalie Lewis-Hoyle lying dead in her bedroom last year in December. The 28-year-old had committed suicide after a troublesome relationship. Natalie's two and half years relationship even affected the whole family. Lewis said she was in 'psychological torment' from her relationship. Gaslighting is a type of abuse in which the victim is manipulated into believing they are insane
Talking about her daughter, Daily Mail quoted Mrs Lewis as saying, "She was a really feisty character and you wouldn't think it would get to her but quite often the people that are controlled in relationships are women and are in fact, intelligent women because they overthink and try to rationalise it. The people that are in these relationships often don't realise it is happening and it is made up of actions that seem insignificant at the time."
She said Natalie's daughter shocked the entire family because she was full of life, but towards the end, she was majorly troubled which was visible in her behaviour. Following the incident, Lewis has now set up the website 'Chat with Nat' to raise awareness of gaslighting. Miriam is now working with her daughter's former school to direct people to the site.
She added saying, "The problem now with social media is that you can't escape it. Even just having a dig or changing your status to single on Facebook can seem insignificant but it is just another way to make you feel off-balanced."
The term gaslighting comes from the1944 English movie Gaslight in which a man psychologically drives his wife and then she has a nervous breakdown. He does it because his wife owns a lot of wealth and uses this as a means to become rich.
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