Gaslighting – Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

Figuring Out Tariffs Is Crazy-Making

Aug 7, 2025

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There seems to be huge confusion and disagreement about exactly which country pays tariffs – Donald Trump insists the exporting country will be paying these taxes and repspected economists argue the importing country always pays the fees, which means the customer will likely be paying more for the product.

FactChecking the Biden-Trump Debate – My Impressions of Theater of the Absurd

Jul 20, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

I found myself having some powerful personal reactions to the Trump-Biden Debate – mostly to the low energy of Joe Biden and to the unexpectedly outrageous lying and gaslighting by Donald Trump

The Case of the Missing Apology

Aug 31, 2023

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Lately lots of political name-calling and finger-pointing and blaming and shaming. Folks taking things personally and retaliating by lashing out. But have you noticed apologies seem to be missing – along with stepping up and taking responsibility for often outrageous behavior.

Liar, Liar Pants on Fire

Dec 31, 2022

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Elayne Savage, PhD

I really hate being lied to. And lately there seems to be outright permission granted to lie in outrageous ways. Congressman-elect George Santos is a recent example of disrespecting his constituents –– and the rest of us as well..

Describing the Capitol Siege Like a Performance Piece

Feb 28, 2021

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Elayne Savage, PhD

What Sen. Ron Johnson described about the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol and what i saw on TV as it was happening were very different realities. I felt I was being gaslighted and it reminded me of all the times in my childhood I was told “you’re imagining it,”

Gaslighting –– the Ultimate Alternate Reality

Aug 31, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Misrepresentations, untrue statements and flat out lies from both Conventions felt like gaslighting and manipulation. It was crazy-making because it reminded me of how my childhood perceptions were constantly discounted.

The Scariness of Unpredictability

Apr 29, 2018

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The unpredictability, uncertainty, distrust and volatility coming out of Washington is re-creating childhood memories and visceral reactions of growing up in scary and unsafe family situations.

I Really Hate Being Lied To!

Jan 31, 2017

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Elayne Savage, PhD

I really hate being gaslighted and lied to and recent events in Washington are reminding me of all the lies I endured in childhood.

Tangling with Safeway Stores – An Alternate Reality

Apr 29, 2014

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Sometimes someone says or does something that triggers old experiences. This time for me it was crazy-making communication by the Safeway Stores Claims Manager – full of denials, deflections, and evasions.

On a Fast Moving Merry-Go-Round — Taking the 2008 Election Campaign Personally

Sep 26, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The negativity of this political campaign is throwing folks off-kilter. Every day we get another dose of gaslighting, rejection: lies, evasions, deception, attacks and disrespect. It’s affecting personal, professional and marketplace interactions.

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