Surviving a Toxic and Abusive Relationship
How to Recognize, Respond to and Recover from People with Personality Disorders
- 192 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Surviving a Toxic and Abusive Relationship
How to Recognize, Respond to and Recover from People with Personality Disorders
About This Book
It is estimated that one out of every seven people in the world suffer from one or more of the Cluster B personality disorders. No matter if they suffer from anti-social, borderline, histrionic or narcissistic personality disorder; all emotional abusers have this in common: unhealthy, superficial, inappropriate or completely nonexistent human emotions and extremely abusive, erratic, dysfunctional and toxic behavior. Emotional abusers use anger, aggression, deceit, exaggeration, seduction, manipulation and excessive emotion to get what they want and to hide who they really are. Most are so good at what they do, and so relentless at pursuing and achieving what they desire, that most of the time their victims won't truly realize what is happening to them until they become so isolated, hurt, confused, and disoriented, that they lose all sense of reality and self-identity. Emotional abuse can happen to anyone, but it is a personal hell through which no one should ever have to suffer. Honest, open, insightful and thoughtfully written from the first-hand experience and perspective of an abuse survivor, this book will not only help you identify behaviors that can lead to emotional abuse, but it will also give you the ability to recognize, avoid, escape and recover from its various forms, in all of its subtlety and expressions. It also provides an understanding of why people with Cluster B disorders do what they do, simultaneously shedding light on these disorders that are so often behind mental and emotional abuse.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1: Understanding Psychopathy
- 2: An End before the Beginning
- 3: New Beginnings – The Idealization Stage
- 4: Don’t Ignore the Warning Signs
- 5: Learning New Communication Skills
- 6: Be Careful What You Wish For
- 7: The Devaluing Stage
- 8: Discovering New Behaviors
- 9: White Lies and a Black Heart
- 10: Weathering the Storm
- 11: Crossing the Line
- 12: Defining Abusive Behavior
- 13: Looking for Help
- 14: The Pain Runs Deep
- 15: Withdrawal
- 16: Leaving Is Never Easy
- 17: Escape
- 18: Healing & Leaving the Past Behind
- 30 Signs of Emotional Abuse
- How to Know If You’re Being Gaslighted
- Typical Things a Cluster B Person Says
- Recommended Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Greyson James