“Happiness is a choice” and “everything happens for a reason” are two of the most damaging pop-psychology tropes, forcing victims of abuse to retraumatize themselves and recasting them as the problem rather than acknowledging the catastrophic wounds. #Aphantasia #MentalHealthStudies #SuicidalIdeation #Trauma #PanicDisorder #HumanSuffering #AIinResearch https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/this-is-not-a-story-of-survival?r=6bmg7x

Everyone knows gaslighting. But few have words for its darker twin: veridical distortion. This essay introduces the concept and shows how manipulation produces trauma through either self-doubt or the shock of absurdity. #VeridicalDistortion #Gaslighting #PsychologicalAbuse #Neuroscience #AneurothymiaSpectrum https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/the-trauma-of-gaslighting-and-veridical?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true