<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4064×3181+0+0/resize/4064×3181!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F98%2Fb79a98254380a954452696c0eb30%2Fgettyimages-527187514.jpg" alt="The 1944 film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting.”>

Therapists say we’re overusing the word. Here’s what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth the word can teach us about it.

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Source: NPR.