Some of the misconceptions about gaslighting are that it’s the same as influencing someone to see something from a certain perspective. While manipulation and persuasion may be at play, there is a fine line between undermining someone’s reality and trying to convince someone to see something from your perspective. Someone who is trying to convince you of something is not necessarily trying to abuse you. While someone who is gaslighting you and undermining your reality is, in fact, a form of emotional abuse.