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A form of baiting based entirely on Patholighting—gaslighting someone about their own mental state, psychological health, or cognitive functioning. The Pathobaiter doesn't just disagree; they convince the target that their own mind is unreliable, that their perceptions are distorted, that their reactions are pathological. "You're overreacting," "That's not what happened, you're misremembering," "You're being paranoid," "Your trauma is making you see things that aren't there." The goal is to destabilize, to make the target doubt their own reality, to position the baiter as the sane one and the target as the broken one. Pathobait is gaslighting with a clinical veneer, manipulation masquerading as concern, control dressed as care.
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