That’s Not What Happened — How Gaslighting Plants Doubt | The Foundations 06

From Season One · Foundational context for Season Two Gaslighting does not always succeed by replacing the facts. Often, it works by making us doubt our ability to recognize them. In this early episode of Think First, Jim Detjen examines how confident denial, repetition, reframing, and appeals to authority can gradually erode trust in memory, perception, and judgment. The episode considers gaslighting across personal relationships, institutions, media, medicine, and public life—and asks how w...