If you find yourself in a relationship, workplace, or political environment that is constructed more on lies than truth, it is helpful to use psychological research to remain safe and sane. Lies target our mental health, yet we receive little training on how to keep our brains protected from this kind of abuse. Our brains were not designed to pour resources into trying to figure out if someone is telling the truth or not. We evolved to need connection and community to survive. In general, our brains give people the benefit of the doubt to preserve cognitive resources for many other cognitive demands. We are gullible by nature, and even highly educated and advanced individuals can be manipulated by falsehoods. That said, there are strategies that all of us can use if we are concerned that someone is trying to mislead us. These strategies can alert us to liars before our brains get traumatized. Abuse Culture Outlined in detail in The Gaslit Brain, six strategies can protect you from the lies of bullying, gaslighting, and …