What Is Medical Gaslighting? 9 Doctors’ Statements That Are Major Red Flags

From Gen Z’ers on TikTok to Boomers on CNN, it seems everyone’s been talking about “gaslighting“—particularly as a tactic abusers use in family, work, or romantic relationships.

But with health topics so pervasive over the past few years—and with illnesses like long COVID causing symptoms some patients clearly observe but can’t explain—experts are now urging people to be aware of a new type of gaslighting: Medical gaslighting. It’s an issue that’s easy to miss when you’re in a vulnerable position, inherently looking to a clinical specialist, like your doctor, for answers and just want to know that everything is OK. Of course they’re going to be more informed than you are; after all, they spent years in training…still, nobody knows your body like you do.

A psychologist told us here’s how to know when this increasingly common problem is affecting you.

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