First time posting here.

DARVO is an acronym used to explain a tactic that abusers often rely upon to gaslight and confuse victims when they are confronted about their abuse.

In my experience, LVM love using DARVO.

"DARVO refers to a reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior. DARVO stands for "Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender." The perpetrator or offender may Deny the behavior, Attack the individual doing the confronting, and Reverse the roles of Victim and Offender such that the perpetrator assumes the victim role and turns the true victim -- or the whistle blower -- into an alleged offender. This occurs, for instance, when an actually guilty perpetrator assumes the role of "falsely accused" and attacks the accuser's credibility and blames the accuser of being the perpetrator of a false accusation." *link for quoted text is asterisked below

Wonderful video with links to other resources: https://youtu.be/Muh_rO_0xtc

*The background behind DARVO: https://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineDARVO.html?fbclid=IwAR2bqZnMegINqifdOKxxGk-AM1SlloFtBNNB6b_ChT5bApuxRJsZFsDBYcQ