Truth of what is known, not of what actually happened. No one else has written about their view of the experience (or we're aware of), so the only knowledge of

Truth of what is known, not of what actually happened. No one else has written about their view of the experience (or we're aware of), so the only knowledge of the situation is one person's accounting. Not a statement of moral relativism, although that's a complex subject in itself. Gaslighting can be viewed as any statement here that either fabricates or contrudes another's internal feelings. For example several comments mention that the situation he felt wasn't traumatic. That term is an emotional response and often doesn't require being a rational one. My grandmother had a traumatic event when an egg she was cooking exploded. Sure it's silly, but to tell someone that a feeling isn't real is being a bully. At other times, that feeling can give us an insight into the experience that might just be too easy to otherwise rationalize away.