The concept of “gaslighting” seems to be increasingly appearing in the media and public life.  In this webcast I discuss The meaning of gaslight and explain how exactly it works.

I offer some thoughts and, hopefully, understanding of a problem that some might think of as a “First World Problem”-- namely, the frequency with which things break down in our everyday life and our inability to get the proper and prompt help we need to fix them.

In this episode, I analyze how victimhood works, psychologically and politically.   When someone experiences him or herself as a victim, it gives that persona a kind of  get-out-of-jail free card to retaliate, strike back, and hurt the person or group that they have come to believe is responsible for their victimization.

In this first episode of my webcast, I address the issue of how to understand Trump's need, his compulsive relentless need, to exaggerate his own accomplishments, ego, and greatness. I explain how the mind works -in all of us -- to limit, reduce, negate, or otherwise get rid of painful feeling states, an effort often accomplished by exaggerating their opposite.