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Breaking Trauma Bonds with Narcissists and Psychopaths

Stop the Cycle of Manipulation, Exploitation, and Abuse in Your Romantic Relationships

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Breaking Trauma Bonds with Narcissists and Psychopaths

By: Shahida Arabi MA
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Are you thriving in your relationship, or merely surviving? Are you the victim of constant manipulation, gaslighting, and deception at the hands of your partner? Do you find yourself constantly making excuses for your partner's abusive behavior? If you feel trapped in a relationship with someone who displays narcissistic or psychopathic behavior, you may be experiencing a trauma bond—a powerful connection you've developed with your abuser. It's important to remember that you're not alone and it's not your fault.

Written by an expert in narcissism and toxic relationships, this powerful guide is packed with the tools you need to finally break free from the destructive grip of narcissistic or psychopathic abuse. You'll learn how to spot manipulation tactics used by abusers to create and maintain unhealthy bonds, so you can better recognize, understand, and draw boundaries. You'll discover insightful tips and practical strategies to help you end your relationship safely and build healthy relationships in the future.

Trauma bonding can have devastating effects. It can cause you to not only tolerate mistreatment, but even protect and defend your abuser. This book clears a path to connect with and validate your authentic outrage at how you've been treated, so you can process your pain and move forward on your path to freedom.

©2025 Shahida Arabi (P)2025 Tantor Media
Codependency Domestic Partner Abuse Dysfunctional Families Personal Development Personality Disorders Psychology Mental Health Narcissism

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Truths about relationships with narcissists and anti-social personalities in relationships.

Another winner by Shahida Arabi! So helpful! Over the past four years I have dug in deep on the topic. I have learned so much from the best experts, including Shahida. This book helped me uncover more layers of abuse in a previous relationship that I didn’t recognize as abuse. One specifically is that triangulation can be intentional to cause jealousy. I never thought of it that way, but it totally makes sense to me now.

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This book is GOLD!

GOLD for breaking trauma bonds with Narcissists, Sociopaths & Psychopaths. The author empowers readers with evidence-based strategies to rewire the brain & detach from Pathological Love Relationships (PLR’s). The optional worksheets help reinforce positive habits and customize exit strategies. Thank you for the amazing work!

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This book will emotionally punch you into reality

There aren’t a lot of books that cover this specific dynamic and as a DA survivor of a psychopath and the daughter of a covert narcissist it paints such a realistic, validating, albeit hard to swallow image of the life that I’ve experienced. There are some hard truths I am having to come to about the life I’ve lived but it genuinely is helping me remove my cognitive dissonance and see things for what they were. Im very impressed with the level of research and the depth of perspective that has been implemented into this book. Something I know I’ve struggled with and from what I’m seeing in this book is that so many others have also struggled with is understanding how I can hold such diametric views of someone and still convince myself of my connection to them when I knew I needed to escape. It does help me understand what I deserve but only because I am holding such a deep understanding of how dangerous it was to leave.. and that helps a lot. This book is definitely worth the read even after surviving a decade later. I recommend this if you are safe and able to consume this content.

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