Ten Ways to Invalidate

Emotional invalidation is a form of gaslighting. Here are some examples of how this might look in the workplace, and how to do better.

When a worker gets emotional at work, colleagues and bosses may make things worse by invalidating their feelings and perceptions. Sometimes this is intentional gaslighting, but other times this happens due to discomfort with emotion, or deficits in emotional intelligence. Either way, it creates an emotionally unsafe environment.