Have you ever been in a relationship with a dishonest lover who was cheating on you? If so, chances are that when you finally confronted them (after months, or years in some cases, of a nagging suspicion and circumstantial evidence), they acted incredulously. They accused you of being crazy. They might have called you stupid and belittled you, even mocking you, for suggesting the Truth was anything other than what they’ve told you. They may have insisted that you didn’t hear what you heard, you didn’t see what you saw, and then punished you by acting like you don’t exist until you can learn to accept their “gaslight” reality as the whole truth.