Thread on neurodiversity and succeptibility to gaslighting.
There's many factors at play. First, a history of being called "exaggerated", "overreacting" and "too much" due to intense emotional responses, leading to insecurity, low self esteem, self blame and self doubt. 1/n
There's many factors at play. First, a history of being called "exaggerated", "overreacting" and "too much" due to intense emotional responses, leading to insecurity, low self esteem, self blame and self doubt. 1/n
Cognitive processing issues that lead to difficulty to conjure key ideas in spontaneous arguments, what might feel in the moment like the other party is right and you're in the wrong. You might realize this isn't true afterwards, but rarely in the moment. 2/n
Memory issues, which will increase self doubt on past events and succeptibility to believe the other party's version. Rejection sensitivity that will trigger an emotional response during an argument, leading to more difficulty to deliver structured rational responses 3/n
Natural tendency to trust, while not universal, can be specially harmful. Specially in those situations where the suspicion that what you're being told isn't true is strong, but that trust will lead to self blame for being "so distrustful" and might be used against you 4/n
At the same time, being gaslighted can often be a traumatic experience that will make the aforementioned items worse, leading to even more succeptibility to it in the future. It can even lead to dissociative symptoms as a trauma response 5/n
It's a cycle that has a tendency to repeat itself, getting worse every time. It can severely affect the mental health and functionality of ND people. 6/6
