DM: Release and Heal Gaslighting

This digital mandala has been created according to the beliefs and principles of the Maitreya Reiki™ System of Spiritual Healing.

Gaslighting has become a widely recognized term, originating from a play and later a movie called Gaslight that was made in the 1940s. The plot of the movie revolves around a husband who attempts to convince his wife that she is going crazy by secretly changing elements of her surroundings and then telling her that nothing has changed, making her believe she is delusional. The title of the play refers to him slowly dimming the gaslights in the house while insisting that nothing is different, ultimately trying to have her committed to a mental institution. Since the 1960s, the word has become popular, and by the 1970s and 1980s, it had been used in psychiatric literature to describe behavior aimed at destroying another’s perception of reality.

Today, we use the term to describe a form of psychological abuse that can damage one’s self-esteem, cause them to question their reality, sanity, and even their memories. This leads to the victim being incapable of clear thinking and becoming dependent on the abuser. Such a person becomes anxious, confused, and exhibits cognitive dissonance. One of the tactics of the abuser is to isolate their victim from loved ones, making it easier to manipulate and further frighten them. This deepens the victim's depression, isolation, and sense of powerlessness, making them afraid to share their thoughts and perceptions for fear of being ridiculed or told they are wrong.

Victims of gaslighting often exhibit what is known as the “illusory truth effect,” a tendency to believe false information as correct based on repeated exposure to lies that become accepted as reality. This phenomenon occurs in romantic relationships, families, friendships, workplaces, and even large social groups. Gaslighting is always based on malicious behavior and conscious attempts to mislead someone for the abuser’s own interest. The abuser can be a person, a corporation, a government body, or a media outlet. Individuals, groups, or even whole societies can lose their grounding in reality and accept false beliefs that are damaging to them while serving another's interests.

Usually, the victim does not realize they are being manipulated for a long time, leading to fear, confusion, and overwhelm. However, it is possible for a person to free themselves from emotional abuse, break the cycle, and reconnect with reality and their own judgment.

This field will provide guidance to your subconscious to eradicate guilt and shame, resolve the energy from any time you've experienced gaslighting, remove all doubts and confusion, teach you how to know and feel your truth, and help you remember your true essence and self before gaslighting.

The field will also provide guidance to your subconscious to teach your brain to stop releasing 'happy' neurotransmitters when you meet, see, or hear toxic people, or people to whom you were once attracted for good reasons but have now deteriorated into manipulative and damaging influences. This will help you end such unhealthy relationships as you won’t feel a chemical or emotional reward from them anymore. The field will provide guidance to your subconscious to release any guilt, shame, or sense of obligation you may feel towards them.