“W/ HIV/AIDS…govts educated people about how the virus was being transmitted. They were told that unprotected sex & shared needles contributed to the spread.”
“…they also learned about effective measures in response.
"It wasn't 'wear a condom if you choose to',"... "Condoms became widely and freely available."
…a manipulative tactic that can be described in different variations of three words: “That didn’t happen,” “You imagined it,” & “Are you crazy?”
“…perhaps one of the most insidious manipulative tactics out there because it works to distort & erode your sense of reality;”
“…it eats away at your ability to trust yourself & inevitably disables you from feeling justified in calling out… mistreatment.”
“…you may be prone to gaslighting yourself as a way to reconcile the cognitive dissonance that might arise. Two conflicting beliefs battle it out: is this person right or can I trust what I experienced?”