India, Sept. 2 -- Ghostlighting is the subtle yet harmful dating trend where someone manipulates your feelings and perception while slowly disappearing from your life. Ravi Mittal, founder and CEO of QuackQuack, shares with HT Lifestyle the signs to watch for and shares ways to protect yourself from falling into this toxic pattern. (Also read: Dating coach explains why compatibility matters more than chemistry in relationships: 'Don't chase the instant spark' )

It is the worst of two worlds. The trend suggests that when a person ghosts you and thinks that ghosting wasn't painful enough, they decide to take it up a notch with pro-level gaslighting, where they pretend that YOU imagined their sudden disappearance; in fact, they never even g...