Lets use the example of a person experiencing gaslighting to illustrate the Twelve Nidanas of dependent origination.
1. Ignorance (avijja): The person lacks understanding of the true nature of reality, including how others can manipulate and distort it through gaslighting.
2. Mental formations (sankhara): Due to ignorance, the person has formed habitual patterns of self-doubt and confusion in response to gaslighting.
3. Consciousness (viññana): The persons consciousness is conditioned by these mental formations, making them prone to experiencing gaslighting.
4. Name and form (nama-rupa): The persons body and mind (psychophysical constituents) manifest in a way that is susceptible to gaslighting.
5. The six sense bases (salayatana): The persons sense organs (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind) interact with the external world.
6. Contact (phassa): The person encounters a situation where they are being gaslighted, causing their sense bases to perceive faulty information.
7. Feeling (vedana): The person experiences confusion, frustration, and anxiety as they try to make sense of the gaslighters manipulation.
8. Craving (tanha): The person develops a desire to understand the situation and to have their own perspective validated.
9. Clinging (upadana): The person becomes attached to their own perception of the truth and the need for validation, leading them to question their own perceptions and judgement while depending on the gaslighter.
10. Becoming (bhava): This clinging reinforces the persons habitual patterns and karmic tendencies of self-doubt and confusion, leading to further vulnerability to gaslighting in the future.
11. Birth (jati): The persons vulnerability to gaslighting manifests in the form of distorted beliefs and perceptions of reality.
12. Old age and death (jara-marana): The persons ongoing exposure to gaslighting can lead to physical, mental, and emotional suffering and perpetuate negative consequences in their life.
In this example, we can see how the Twelve Nidanas apply to the arising and perpetuation of gaslighting. By understanding the dependent origination of gaslighting and the interdependent nature of the Twelve Links, a person can cultivate awareness, assertiveness and seek external support to avoid the cycle of doubt and suffering of being gaslit.

How to break cycle at each point:

Here are some ways to break the cycle at each point:

1. Ignorance: The person can break the cycle by seeking education and learning about gaslighting and the nature of reality. This can involve studying philosophy or psychology, attending therapy, or seeking guidance from an experienced teacher or mentor.

2. Mental formations: The person can break the cycle by becoming aware of their habitual patterns of self-doubt and confusion, and challenging them through affirmative self-talk and positive affirmations.

3. Consciousness: The person can break the cycle by becoming more mindful of their thoughts and emotions, and cultivating awareness of how past experiences and conditioning can shape their perceptions of reality. This can involve practicing meditation and developing mental discipline.

4. Name and form: The person can break the cycle by becoming more aware of the ways in which their body and mind interact with the world, and by cultivating acceptance and self-compassion in response to past experiences and conditioning.

5. The six sense bases: The person can break the cycle by becoming more mindful of their sensory experience and developing the ability to distinguish between reality and distortion. This can involve practicing mindfulness meditation and developing sensory clarity.

6. Contact: The person can break the cycle by becoming more discerning in their interactions with others and developing the ability to recognize and respond to gaslighting when it occurs.

7. Feeling: The person can break the cycle by developing strategies for managing and regulating their emotional responses, such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy or emotional regulation techniques.

8. Craving: The person can break the cycle by developing non-attachment and non-judgmental awareness of their own desires and motivations. This can involve practicing mindfulness of cravings and developing the ability to observe them without judgment or attachment.

9. Clinging: The person can break the cycle by developing trust in their own perceptions of reality, and learning to rely less on external validation and more on internal guidance.

10. Becoming: The person can break the cycle by developing the ability to recognize and interrupt habitual patterns of thought and behavior that lead to vulnerability to gaslighting.

11. Birth: The person can break the cycle by recognizing and challenging distorted beliefs and perceptions of reality that have arisen due to past experiences of gaslighting.

12. Old age and death: The person can break the cycle by developing resilience and the ability to bounce back from setbacks, and by cultivating positive self-talk and affirmations to counteract negative self-doubt and confusion.