Gaslighting is a very common manipulative tactic that the not so genuine people use.
A formal definition means to manipulate another person into doubting their own valid perceptions, experiences or understanding of events.
This applies to a whole rainbow of warriors; of course it takes a toll. There’s many aspects to the purple warrior and it’s not easy to express the inner-storm due to the possible stigmatized response.
A warrior can so easily shut down and turn to a hermit.
I’m a really resilient woman living with epilepsy and I speak freely about it. My battle wounds are 100% real and anyone that tries to claim otherwise or belittle the battle is clueless, clearly not empathetic. Often we’re seen as crying wolf. I surely am not.
It’s sad…but some people are like that.