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William Avers
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William Avers takes us on an honest and revealing journey that will help us understand trauma bonding and its multiple faces, from unhealthy attachment to the normalization of the abuse to the concealment and later denial of the truth. William Avers explores the human condition without prejudice or bias because traumatic bonds may occur to anyone.
Contrary to most people’s belief that abusers prey on the weak and foolish, abusers also prey on capable and attractive people because they seek the challenge too. Victims are prone to go to extreme lengths to defend their abusers once they have been indoctrinated by their abusers, this insidious process is very subtle and operates in iterations, becoming more toxic as time goes on. This is why it’s difficult to ascertain just how bad a relationship is.
You will explore tell-tale signs of trauma bonding as well as strategies to cope, prepare and leave an abusive relationship. Every human being wants to be appreciated and loved, lamentably toxic relationships have become more and more common, Avers explores some of the causes for this phenomenon. These relationships distort reality for the victim because we are not taught how to recognize and prepare ourselves for people that are just broken. Despite seeming perfectly normal, and it’s not exaggerated to affirm that some of them actually might want to hurt us whether consciously or unconsciously.
This audiobook explores the concept of trauma bonds, their characteristics, their effects on the victim, and their different manifestations. Throughout the audiobook, we’ll learn about different ways to extricate ourselves from a toxic relationship while learning different strategies to keep our mental clarity and positivity. Understanding the effects of trauma bonding will help you develop strategies and plans to detox from a toxic relationship. While there is no universal time-healing-frame, there are several things you can do to accelerate the healing process. You deserve to live free of all the drama. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to love and be loved in return.
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Narcissistic Ex
- How to Get Over a Toxic Relationship, Deal With an Abusive Ex and Become Free of the Controlling Sociopath
- By: Lauren Kozlowski
- Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Narcissistic abuse is a form of abuse that ensures victims are left emotionally drained, mentally exhausted, and devoid of any self-worth or self-esteem...ending a relationship with a narcissist isn’t that easy. In this audiobook, I want to offer you some guidance on this rarely-talked about aspect of an abusive relationship: how to deal with a narcissist when they’re your ex.
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thank you so much!!
- By jeff gipson on 12-30-19
By: Lauren Kozlowski
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Breaking Trauma Bonds with Narcissists and Psychopaths
- Stop the Cycle of Manipulation, Exploitation, and Abuse in Your Romantic Relationships
- By: Shahida Arabi MA
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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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.
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This book is GOLD!
- By Anonymous User on 01-04-25
By: Shahida Arabi MA
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Covert Narcissism
- Signs of a Covert Narcissist, Ways to Protect Yourself from Their Manipulation and How to Deal with Their Narcissism
- By: Louisa Cox
- Narrated by: Heidi Baker
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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Covert narcissism is a hidden and concealed form of narcissism, making it all the more difficult for the abuser to be confronted or "outed" for their behavior. Covert narcissism is a passive-aggressive, hostile, and toxic form of abuse that makes victims feel hopeless, unheard, hurt, and confused by the abusers' behavior.
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Good
- By John Galt on 08-10-19
By: Louisa Cox
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Out of the Fog
- Moving from Confusion to Clarity After Narcissistic Abuse
- By: Dana Morningstar
- Narrated by: Dana Morningstar
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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The FOG is an acronym that stands for "Fear, Obligation, and Guilt". These three emotions are often how narcissists, sociopaths, and other types of emotional manipulators go about controlling others.
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THE best book I’ve ever read on the subject
- By Alexandria Filipowski on 10-23-19
By: Dana Morningstar
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The Narcissist's Playbook
- How to Identify, Disarm, and Protect Yourself from Narcissists, Sociopaths, Psychopaths, and Other Types of Manipulative and Abusive People
- By: Dana Morningstar
- Narrated by: Dana Morningstar
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Do you have a narcissist, sociopath, or psychopath in your life, or think that you might? Do you continually feel anxious around someone in your life, but can’t pinpoint why?...Perhaps you know you are being manipulated or abused, but don’t know how to make it stop. The Narcissist’s Playbook can help. You can take back your life.
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powerful
- By All Dolled Up on 01-17-20
By: Dana Morningstar
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Healing from a Narcissistic Relationship
- A Caretaker's Guide to Recovery, Empowerment, and Transformation
- By: Margalis Fjelstad
- Narrated by: Sally Vahle
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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When a relationship with a narcissist ends, the caretaking partner is often left confused, deeply hurt, and often still emotionally connected, while the narcissist seems to easily move on to the next relationship. Healing from a Narcissistic Relationship offers guidance about what to expect as the relationship unravels and how to cope with the fallout. It also helps the reader learn to truly disengage and move through the grief process.
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Finally...
- By megan on 01-16-18
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Becoming the Narcissist's Nightmare
- How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
- By: Shahida Arabi
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
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Although clinical research has been conducted on narcissism as a disorder, less is known about its effects on victims who are in toxic relationships with partners with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Individuals with this disorder engage in chronic devaluation and manipulation of their partners, a psychological and emotional phenomenon known as "narcissistic abuse". Unfortunately, the full extent of what narcissistic abuse entails is not taught in any psychology class or diagnostic manual.
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Finally
- By zero on 12-08-16
By: Shahida Arabi
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Why Can't I Just Leave
- A Guide to Waking Up and Walking Out of a Pathological Love Relationship
- By: Kristen Milstead PhD, Sandra L. Brown - foreword
- Narrated by: Sheri Saginor
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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More than 60 million people have been in a pathological love relationship with someone who has an impaired conscience. Using the stories of survivors and social psychological research on compliance, cognitive dissonance, and thought control, Why Can't I Just Leave? explains how relationships with pathological partners can create impossible dilemmas that trap you in a distorted dream state and hijack your thoughts and emotions. Learn what those who are conscience-impaired don't want you to know and find out how to wake up and walk out of your partner's invisible prison forever.
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Finally
- By Amazon Customer on 10-01-22
By: Kristen Milstead PhD, and others
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Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: The Complete Guide to Recover from Emotional Abuse, Identify Narcissists, and Overcome Abusive Relationships
- Break Free and Recover from Unhealthy Relationships
- By: Linda Hill
- Narrated by: S. L. Albert
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Narcissistic abuse is hard to make sense of. One day, things are going great, the next, you’re left emotionally torn to pieces. The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery guide will help you set healthy boundaries and make sense of the complex. It will give you actionable steps you can take toward achieving healthier relationships. When you have no idea how to properly handle narcissistic abuse, it will linger, escalate, and go on far longer than it should. It’s time to clear the muddy waters. This guide offers a deep dive into the forces that drive narcissistic abuse.
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lame. not much help. wasted credit
- By Anonymous User on 08-13-23
By: Linda Hill
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If Only I'd Known!
- How to Outsmart Narcissists, Set Guilt-Free Boundaries, and Create Unshakeable Self-Worth
- By: Chelsey Brooke Cole
- Narrated by: Chelsey Brooke Cole
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Narcissistic abuse creates a tidal wave of confusion, hypervigilance, and overthinking. You have trouble thinking clearly, remembering things, or taking in new information. And because these changes are happening to you, you begin to wonder: What's wrong with me? Why can't I make this relationship work? Am I fundamentally broken? And that's exactly how narcissistic abuse works—it happens so subtly that you believe the insecurities you're experiencing are "you" instead of "what's happening" to you. This audiobook covers unique information related to narcissistic abuse.
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This book is amazing.
- By Juan Servin on 01-03-24
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Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD (4 Books in 1)
- Workbook and Guide to Overcome Trauma, Toxic Relationships, ... and Recover from Unhealthy Relationships)
- By: Linda Hill
- Narrated by: S. L. Albert, Vicky David, Alene Sorensen
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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This groundbreaking book includes four books that will teach you from start to finish, everything you need to know about Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD, as well as how to recover from each one of them.
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Better understanding and clarity
- By Amber Glover on 02-15-23
By: Linda Hill
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When Love Is a Lie
- Narcissistic Partners & the Pathological Relationship Agenda
- By: Zari L Ballard
- Narrated by: Lisa Bunting
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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When our partner is a narcissist, only those who've actually experienced the madness will ever understand what we're going through. When Love Is a Lie is a straight-up, tell-all book about narcissism in relationships that skips the clinical bullshit to focus solely on the personal experience. A narrative that holds nothing back, Zari Ballard's story will educate, enlighten, and empower you to evaluate (and fully understand) the mind-boggling dysfunction in your own relationship.
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Greatfull to have found this!
- By Joy on 03-13-17
By: Zari L Ballard
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Narcissistic Relationship Recovery
- 2 Book Collection: Trauma Bonding and Coercive Control
- By: Lauren Kozlowski
- Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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This is a two-book collection of previously released books by Lauren Kozlowski, Trauma Bonding and Coercive Control.
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Good but describes severe abuse
- By Melanie Gibb on 11-11-20
By: Lauren Kozlowski
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- Jessica
- 10-30-23
Great pug
I really enjoyed this book because it helped me after ending my toxic relationship. It also gave me the self-awareness.
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- Candeelyn
- 08-07-24
Very good information
This book is very informative. Easy to understand and hits all the points of trauma bonding. I’d recommend anyone coming out of a toxic relationship read it.
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- A. Leavitt
- 01-01-24
Good Info
The book overall has great information. It did feel like it got overly simplistic and platitude-ish at the end (“Time marches on, and if you’re not careful, it’ll march all over you”). The narrator is okay, but sounds a bit disconnected from the content sometimes.
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- Caroline
- 01-26-24
Understand Abuse
When you are in an abusive relationship, you often normalize the abuse and even defend the abuser. This book helps you know what the telltale signs of abuse are. If you simply want to know what the red flags are, this book will help. But besides that, it is meant to help you if you are caught up in a toxic relationship. It will help you know how to leave those relationships and start recovering. I loved how affirming the tone of the book is even when discussing factual information.
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- Margarety Montalvo
- 02-01-24
Very interesting and an eye opener!
I really enjoyed listening to this book. This is a topic that I am really learning a lot from. To feel empowered and to recognize signs is a major transformation in life.
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- J.Bite
- 01-25-24
Move on and forward
This book is a helpful and useful resource to help build the tools that you need to work through this kind of trauma. An interesting read and presents many key ideas, concepts and practical steps that can be understood to not only understand your experiences but also on how to move on and forward.
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- Diana Kissinger
- 03-18-23
Direct and to the point
Best book on Trauma Bonds! it was completely worth the purchase and time .
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- Miss G
- 02-08-24
Reclaim your happiness
It empowers readers to prioritize their well-being and pursue relationships built on love and respect. If you're ready to break free from the cycle of abuse and reclaim your happiness, this book is a must-read.
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- L. Lucas
- 03-02-24
Broad Generalization Coupled with Useful Information
This book reads like a medical transcript, I found it hard to relate to. The author uses broad generalization for nuanced situations that I think, if a person didn’t do other information gathering, it could lead someone down the wrong path. Usefully, however, the author offers, some good basic information.
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