There are 6 levels of lying, from the least bad to the absolute worst. Once we recognise them, we are less easy to manipulate and be gaslit. The levels are:

1. Being wrong (technically not lying)

2. Hyperbole

3. Spinning

4. Lying

And the two narcissist / cult levels are:

5. Brain washing (selling a world narrative that is false / unverifiable)

6. Gaslighting (telling you that "you are not seeing what you think you are seeing".