气光照射是心理虐待的一种有害形式，在这种形式下，一个人或实体试图通过让他们质疑自己对事件的回忆，对现实的看法以及最终的理智来获得对他人的权力。正如临床研究，文学和政治评论中所使用的那样，这个术语来自1938年帕特里克·汉密尔顿的剧作“煤气灯”，以及1940年和1944年发行的电影改编版，其中一位凶恶的丈夫逐渐减弱他们的妻子，家中的燃气灯不知情。当他的妻子抱怨时，他令人信服地告诉她光线没有改变。由于几乎任何人都可以成为家庭照明的受害者，所以这是家庭虐待者，邪教领袖，反社会，自恋者和独裁者的常见手段。 Gaslighting可以由女性或男性实施。通常特别令人信服的迷人的说谎者，气枪一直否认他们的狡猾行为。例如，参与亲密关系的身体虐待的人可能会激怒他们的伴侣，因为他们热情地否认他们曾经采取暴力行为，或者试图说服受害者“应得的”或“喜欢”。最终，让受害者减少对于什么构成的期望真正的感情，并开始认为自己不值得深情的对待。萤火虫的最终目标是灌输“我不相信我的眼睛”的感觉，让受害者第二次猜测他们对现实，选择和决策的看法，从而提高他们对施虐者的信任和依赖，帮助他们“做正确的事情”。当然，危险的是，“正确的事情”往往是“错误的事情”。
英国格拉斯哥大学物理学代写：理解气光效应及其影响
Gaslighting is a harmful form of psychological abuse in which a person or entity attempts to gain power over others by making them question their own recollection of events, perception of reality, and ultimately their sanity. As used in clinical research, literature, and political commentary, the term comes from the 1938 Patrick Hamilton play “Gas Light,” and its film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944, in which a murderous husband slowly drives his wife insane by progressively dimming their home’s gas-powered lights without her knowledge. When his wife complains, he convincingly tells her that the light has not changed. Since almost anyone can fall victim to gaslighting, it is a common tactic of domestic abusers, cult leaders, sociopaths, narcissists, and dictators. Gaslighting can be perpetrated by either women or men. Often especially convincingly charming liars, gaslighters consistently deny their devious actions. For example, physically abusive persons involved in intimate relationships may gaslight their partners by passionately denying they had acted violently or by trying to convince victims that they “deserved it,” or “enjoyed it.” Ultimately, gaslighting victims lower their expectations of what constitutes true affection and start to see themselves as being less deserving of affectionate treatment. The gaslighter’s ultimate goal is to instill a feeling of “I can’t believe my eyes” causing their victims to second guess their perception of reality, choice, and decision, thus increasing their level of trust in and dependence on their abuser for helping them “do the right thing.” Dangerously, of course, the “right thing” is often the “wrong thing.”