With this video, I want to introduce the next section coming up in the course, which is going to be about gaslighting. Gaslighting is a relatively new term, but it's very necessary. Gaslighting happens very often. This is when somebody does something wrong to you and then they don't say sorry, they don't recognize their own blame, but in fact blame you for it and manipulate you in a way that makes it seem that you are wrong and you are the bad person.

Common Scenarios of Gaslighting

Gaslighting comes up very commonly in workplace scenarios. When people don't want to take the blame, they blame you. And for neurodivergent individuals, it can be extra difficult to defend themselves because very often, neurodiverse individuals often are struggling in working to even work. They're working past some of the things that are holding them back. Like an ADHD individual may be having some struggles. So if somebody is telling them, hey, you're also at fault for this, which is not even their fault, it's the original person's fault. But they're doing this gaslighting, right? So the neurodivergent person would be a victim of gaslighting. In this case, it's basically of manipulation.

Defending Against Gaslighting

You want to have the tools to be able to defend yourselves. And that's what we're going to cover in this section that's coming up. We're going to explore gaslighting. We're going to talk about common scenarios where it happens, and we're going to talk about some ways that you can defend yourself in situations to remove some of that blame and not feel guilty for things that you aren't guilty of, where you're being manipulated.

Importance of Understanding Gaslighting

This topic of gaslighting is so important because it's a common occurrence in the workplace and we have to know how to not let it affect us. So with that, let's begin this section.