Gaslighting: Origins Of The Phrase
- A 1938 mystery thriller Gas Light, which got made into a popular Ingrid Bergman movie in 1944, became the origin of the phrase.
- The academic world got introduced to the phrase in journal articles of 1980, where experts observed that the conditioning of young women to long and yearn for relationships and connections are in a way gaslighting, as it makes them vulnerable to exploitation.
- In the present time, self-help and relationship books, along with couple-counselling experts use this term to explain types of toxic relationships.
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