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=== Effects === [[File:Gaslighting-movie.jpg|alt=Psychological effects of gaslighting|thumb]] People experiencing gaslighting often begin to question their own reality or may feel "crazy", particularly if the person gaslighting them has greater authority or personal power.<ref name="EpInjustice2017">{{Cite book | title = The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice|pages=167-174|isbn=978-1-351-81450-8|edition=|volume=|language=en|title-link=|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=VkYlDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA167&dq=+consequences|access-date= | date = 2017 | publisher=Taylor & Francis | last = McKinnon | first = Rachel | authorlink = | last2 = Kidd | first2 = Ian James | authorlink2 = | last3 = Medina | first3 = JosΓ© | authorlink3 = | last4 = Pohlhaus | first4 = Gaile | authorlink4 = |veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location= | editor-last = |editor-first = |editor1-link=|editor-last2 = |editor-first2 = |chapter=Gaslighting as epistemic injustice}}</ref> Gaslighting almost always involves multiple incidents and is particularly effective if several different people gaslight the same person.<ref name="Childbirth2019">{{Cite book | title = Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law: Exploring Issues of Violence and Control|isbn=978-0-429-81290-3|language=en | url =https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=asuqDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT42&pg=PT31#v=onepage&q&f=true | date = 2019 | publisher=Routledge | last = Pickles | first = Camilla | last2 = Herring | first2 = Jonathan}}</ref> Victims of gaslighting may become anxious, develop depression or mental illness, or become increasingly emotional as a result, which makes them more likely to be seen having unreliable or questionable judgement, both by others and themselves, discrediting them further. Gaslighting may result in a loss of trust, and isolation.<ref name="EpInjustice2017" /> Gaslighting by medics is more commonly experienced by certain patient groups, particularly women, and in illnesses which do not yet have a clear diagnostic tests, for example [[ME/CFS]], [[chronic pain]], and [[endometriosis]]. This form of gaslighting may be done either consciously or unconsciously.<ref name="Childbirth2019" />
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