Trivialising your feelings: “Why are you being sensitive?”, “I was just messing you around, why are you taking things so seriously?”

Refusing to acknowledge your feelings and thoughts: “I don’t remember that, you must have dreamt it!”, “You’re lying, I never said that” “I don’t know what you’re talking about…”

Twisting and reframing; when the someone confidently and subtly twists and reframes what was said or done, making you feel as though you are “unstable” or “irrational”: “I didn’t say that, I said _____”, “If you remember correctly, I was actually trying to help.”