Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Complex PTSD, Codependency and Anxious Attachment - 4 in 1: Workbooks Included

By Liam Hoffman and Ted Becker

This Bundle Include:

• Empath and Narcissist: Learn How to Recognize Covert Narcissism Traits and Handle a Narcissist.
• Gaslighting No More: Recognizing Gaslighting, and Healing from Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse
• Recovery from Complex PTSD, Codependency and Anxious Attachment
• 4 Workbooks with exercises, tabs, checklist specific for each topic

Ever felt like your emotions and relationships are a maze with no exit? Haunted by past traumas, trapped in manipulative relationships, or constantly doubting your worth and reality? It's time to break the chains.

"Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Complex PTSD, Codependency and Anxious Attachment" is the definitive Bundle, your beacon in the darkest corners of emotional and relational challenges. This bundle is not just a set of books; it's your lifeline to:

Understanding the Whys: Delve into the heart of PTSD, codependency, anxious attachment, narcissistic abuse, and gaslighting.
Empowerment Tools: Equip yourself with actionable strategies to rise above and reclaim your life.
Shared Journeys: Connect with real-life accounts of resilience and triumph.
Blueprints for Recovery: Engage with exercises tailored to rebuild your self-worth and foster genuine, healthy connections.

The path to healing and self-discovery doesn't have to be walked alone and this complete recovery guide is your companion, guiding you every step of the way.
Don't let the past or others dictate your present. Seize control, understand, heal, and thrive. Your journey to a brighter, freer self starts here.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liam Hoffman
• Release date: Sep 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223467892

Book preview

Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Complex PTSD, Codependency and Anxious Attachment

4 IN 1

Workbooks Included

Guide to Overcome Trauma Bonding & Overthinking in Relationships

Written by Liam Hoffman

© Copyright 2023 - All rights reserved by Liam Hoffman

The content contained within this book may not be reproduced, duplicated or transmitted without direct written permission from the author or the publisher.

Under no circumstances will any blame or legal responsibility be held against the publisher, or author, for any damages, reparation, or monetary loss due to the information contained within this book, either directly or indirectly.

Legal Notice:

This book is copyright protected. It is only for personal use. You cannot amend, distribute, sell, use, quote or paraphrase any part, or the content within this book, without the consent of the author or publisher.

Disclaimer Notice:

Please note the information contained within this document is for educational and entertainment purposes only. All effort has been executed to present accurate, up to date, reliable, complete information. No warranties of any kind are declared or implied. Readers acknowledge that the author is not engaged in the rendering of legal, financial, medical or professional advice. The content within this book has been derived from various sources. Please consult a licensed professional before attempting any techniques outlined in this book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOK 1 - Empath and Narcissist

Introduction

Chapter One - Empath And Narcissist

Chapter Two - Are You an Empath? Let’s Find Out!

Chapter Three - The Narcissist: All You Need To Know

Chapter Four - Essential Techniques For Dealing With A Narcissist

Chapter Five - Become An Empowered Empath

Chapter Six - Renascence

Conclusion

BOOK 2 - Dark Psychology and Gaslighting Manipulation

PART 1 – DARK PSYCHOLOGY BY TED BECKER

Dark Psychology Introduction

Chapter 1 - Discovering Dark Psychology (Fiction Or Reality?)

Chapter 2 - Dark Psychology And Its Effects

Chapter 3 - Areas Of Life Where We Are Vulnerable To Dark Psychology

Chapter 4 - Manipulative Techniques And Dynamics Of Dark Psychology

Chapter 5 - Strategies To Protect Yourself From Dark Psychology

PART 2 – GASLIGHTING BY LIAM HOFFMAN

Gaslighting Introduction

Gaslighting Introduction

Chapter One - Who Is The Narcissist?

Chapter Two - What Is Manipulation?

Chapter Three - Gaslighting-The Narcissist’s Favorite Tool Of Manipulation

Chapter Four - The 5 Shades Of Gaslighting

Chapter Five - Signals To Recognize A Gaslighter

Chapter Six - Gaslighter In Action: In The Mind Of A Gaslighter

Chapter Seven - How To Fight Back Against Narcissistic Gaslighting

Chapter Eight - Can Gaslighters Change? Restoration Potential

Chapter Nine - Recovery From Abuse: Your Journey Home

Conclusion

BOOK 3 – Recovery From Narcissistic Abuse - Workbook

Red Flag of Narcissist Relationships

Revealing Justifications

Revisiting Previous Harmful Relationships

Understanding Harmful Relationships

BOOK 4 - Recovery from Complex PTSD Codependency and Anxious Attachment

Introduction

Chapter 1 -Understanding Attachment

Chapter 2 - The Impact of Trauma

Chapter 3 - The Cycle of Codependency

Chapter 4 -Intersections and Interactions

Chapter 5 - Breaking The Cycle

Chapter 6 - Building Healthy Relationships

Conclusion -

Workbooks

Workbook 1 - Complex PTSD

Workbook 2 - Codependency

Workbook 3 - Anxious Attachment

BOOK 1

Empath

and

Narcissist

Learn How to Recognize Covert Narcissism Traits and Handle a Narcissist. Recover From Narcissistic Emotional Abuse, Codependency, and Overthinking in Relationships

Written by Liam Hoffman

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One - Empath And Narcissist

Chapter Two - Are You an Empath? Let’s Find Out!

Chapter Three - The Narcissist: All You Need To Know

Chapter Four - Essential Techniques For Dealing With A Narcissist

Chapter Five - Become An Empowered Empath

Chapter Six - Renascence

Conclusion

Introduction

It was spring, and Connie, a reporter at a city news station, had discovered through a friend that a new community garden was being created by the residents of the inner-city. The ground was now being cleared, and individuals and organizations were volunteering information and equipment to help where they were needed. There was a group of teenagers all ready to help older people with the hard physical work as well. Knowing that city gardens were a growing movement across the country, Connie knew it would make a great article and pitched it to the producers at the station’s weekly meeting. She was interrupted by Carla, another reporter.

Oh yes, I was thinking about that! Connie was pretty sure that wasn’t true. "I’d love to do it! I’d do a fantastic story with it!" Both Carla and Connie were good reporters, but Carla had a way of railroading right over people, and it certainly wasn’t the first idea she’d ever stolen. Once she got on a roll talking about how great her story would be, there was no room left for anybody else to get a word in, and by the end of the meeting, Carla had the assignment.

All day, every day, no matter what anybody else was talking about, Carla would turn the conversation back to herself. John mentioned having had a poor night’s sleep because of a noisy neighbor, and Carla talked about how she’d had some really nosy neighbors and had trained herself how to ignore them. Richard’s third-grader was falling behind in school, and Carla, without even a drop of sympathy, just started talking about what academic winners her kids were. Everybody was tired of it, but at the same time, she was so bright and charismatic that she didn’t seem to suffer the consequences of her self-centered behavior.

Someone at home was suffering, though—her oldest daughter, Stephanie. When her parents split up, Stephanie never got over feeling that it was her fault because the big fight between them had occurred the night her father, Adam, stuck up for her when she decided she would rather take art lessons than ballet. Carla insisted she should take the ballet lessons because that’s what she had wanted as a girl and was firm that her own daughter would regret giving it up. Adam had tried telling her their daughter was a different person, not a new version of Carla, but the fight progressed. Stephanie was witnessing such an emotional outburst from both of them that she began to forget what the fight was even about in the first place—that is, until she woke up the next day to discover that Adam had taken off, abandoning both Carla and Stephanie.

Every day when her mother got home from work, Stephanie, who was now 20, was bombarded not just by her mom’s words as she talked about her day but also by her feelings. She understood that Carla was always afraid that if she let down her guard about anything at work, she would be completely overlooked for assignments and would soon be seen as dead weight. So she pushed and fought and ran roughshod over other people so she wouldn’t be run over first. Stephanie was there to take the backlash.

Carla even used Stephanie’s younger brothers to punish Stephanie. They were both involved in after-school activities, and although there was a later school bus they could have taken home, Carla insisted that Stephanie needed to be the one to drive them home. The house needed to be kept clean, and dinner wasn’t going to cook itself. As long as Stephanie was taking care of things at home, though, she knew that Carla would be in a better mood, and that, in turn, helped protect her daughter from the storms that she’d feel otherwise.

The problem with this, of course, was that Stephanie couldn’t start her own life. She’d won a scholarship to Brown University, which had one of the best art programs in the country. But her mother needed her at home and still didn’t truly respect what she wanted to do. Between Carla’s belittling of her talent and constant imposition of her own needs, Stephanie found that she had a hard time doing anything but taking a part-time job in the mornings and spending her afternoons and evenings taking care of the home and her brothers.

Carla was a narcissist.

If you find that you understand this situation all too well—if you find that you are dealing with a narcissist, whether that’s at work, at home, in a relationship, or a friendship—this book will help you understand yourself better, understand the narcissist in your life better, and learn how to empower yourself to deal with the narcissist in your life. We will break down what a narcissist and an empath are in more detail. We will also discuss their similarities and differences, how to safely break away from a narcissist who has you in their grip, and how to heal from the trauma. You will also learn how to hone your abilities and avoid abusers like these in the future.

This book will give you all the tools to work through the trauma you may have experienced in your life and begin healing and growing as a person from your experiences. This book is designed to empower you to free yourself from the cycle of abuse and become a stronger, more capable individual. You don’t have to settle for what you can get. You no longer have to be afraid or walk on eggshells around the person in your life who is draining you emotionally.

Chapter One

Empath and Narcissist

Let’s start at the beginning. This chapter will focus on the differences between an empath and a narcissist. As you read, you can discover whether you’re an empath and if you’re in a relationship with a narcissist. If this is you, then it’s time to educate yourself on both sides. Knowledge is power, and the more you know about yourself, the empath, and how you relate to the person you’re in a relationship with, the narcissist, the more able you’ll be to find a way out of it. And gain your life back.

Who is a Narcissist?

Narcissism is officially called Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Those who have it are unable to care about others. They only see others as objects who revolve around their wants and needs. Despite their seemingly high opinion of themselves, inside, they may feel very fragile, insecure, and have low self-esteem due to a combination of poor parenting and genetics. They can’t bolster their self-esteem, so they look for it from outside themselves. They don’t just look for it; they demand it! At first glance, you would never know there was so much fear inside them because they present themselves to the world as someone who knows they’re superior to the rest of us and never has a doubt in their mind that everything they do proves it. They’re the best at everything, and they’ll be the first to say so. So at every party, they tell the loudest jokes because they need the most attention. At every card game, they get visibly cranky if they don’t win. And in your relationship with them, they expect to run things and you to be their servant.

But when you think about it, why is it so important to win a card game? Why is it important that other people laugh at their stories? It’s because they believe that any instance of not being on top means that they’re on the bottom. There are only two places to be. Unlike most of us who accept that we’re good at some things and not as good as others and still recognize that we have worth, narcissists can’t do that, and they can’t ever look at anything from anybody else’s point of view, except to look for ways to manipulate them. The idea that we’re all of equal value and have the same feelings and many of the same experiences are foreign to them. You’ll never hear a narcissist sincerely say, Wow, I can see why that was so upsetting. I’m sorry you had to go through that. They’ll just tell you about something worse that happened to them. In relationships, they don’t understand the idea that both people can be equals and share the decision-making power and that it’s important to be able to honestly ask for things from your friend or partner while being equally open to meeting the needs the other person may have.

Who is an Empath?

On the other hand, an empath is very attuned to what other people think and feel. They can get inside people and see the world from their point of view. They see people as being just as valuable as themselves and as fully human. Empathy is different from sympathy—sympathy is when you have a caring feeling for someone else for what they’re going through, but there’s a distance for you between their feelings and yours. This is really important for professions such as nursing, where the nurse has to understand what the patient is experiencing so that they can help. Empathy, on the other hand, is feeling what the other person is feeling. It can be overwhelming, and a nurse who is also an empath might feel the patient’s emotions so strongly that they will have trouble putting that aside and taking action to help. Of course, empaths can and need to learn to shield themselves, and many people in the caring profession are empaths who’ve learned to do that. When you have other people’s feelings battering you, you have to protect yourself and pull back at times.

Empath and Narcissist: Similarities and Differences

Although we experience living with narcissists and empaths in very different ways, there are some important commonalities necessary to acknowledge.

●  Both are emotional beings. Both are highly sensitive and intuitive. It was once thought that narcissists had no sensitivity to other people’s feelings and were completely focused on themselves. However, that understanding has changed. Empaths and narcissists are actually both extremely sensitive and attuned to the feelings, thoughts, and motivations of others, but the difference is in how they react to it and how they utilize that knowledge. Narcissists are well aware of what’s going on around them. They can pick up other people’s motivations and moods just as well as empaths, but they are unwilling to respect and acknowledge that these things are important.

What’s important is themselves. They’re never truly happy or sad for anybody else. They don’t respond to those thoughts and feelings with similar feelings—they only observe them. That’s an important difference. They use that sensitivity to take advantage of others and even abuse them. On the other hand, the empath not only picks up on the feelings, motivations, and priorities other people have but also responds warmly and helpfully. Being connected to other people gives them joy. There’s nothing like a good conversation, no higher honor than to be trusted with your confidence. They’re encouraging and supportive, and if there’s any way they can help, they will. A healthy empath understands that sometimes other people come first but that they have to assert their own needs as well. But when they do so, unlike the narcissist, it is because they know that we all have needs to be met, and sometimes one person or the other needs to be the priority. Both empaths and narcissists know what will hurt and damage other people. However, they use that information in opposite ways.

●  Both highly value their relationships. When you’re in a relationship with either an empath or a narcissist, they won’t want that relationship to end. For the empath, it’s because they value the connection with other people and see the time they’ve spent getting to know another person as a wonderful journey. If the relationship ended, they would always miss you and have a genuine interest in how you were and what was going on in your life. For a narcissist, however, it’s about being needed, not really about love. They put a lot of effort into getting you where they want you, and there is a certain predictable nature to someone you’ve—for lack of a better term—trained. They’ve taught you what to expect and how to respond, and they don’t want to begin that process with another person. Suppose the other person begins to talk about leaving. In that case, the narcissist will absolutely panic and make some promises and short-term changes—just enough to keep the other person on board, but before long, whatever changes they made will start to dissipate.

●  Both are influenced by parenting. More will be said about this later, but both have a combination of causes, with parenting being the one they share most strongly. Empaths often have parents who are narcissists. They develop intuition toward other people as a survival mechanism. They can tell with the smallest gesture or expression when a parent’s mood changes and what that could mean. Soon, they will change the subject, change the tone, or possibly slip off to their bedroom. This is part of daily life in their home.

Narcissists use their moods as a weapon, and anyone living with them will have a much easier time if they know how to head off that mood or get out of the way. For the narcissist, current studies show that their parenting most often consists of excessive praise, on the one hand, coupled with excessive criticism on the other. The praise often concerns something the child has no control over, such as physical beauty. It may involve grandiose predictions about the child’s future that the child may not want and certainly has no idea how to achieve. On the other hand, the criticism creates anxiety that if they don’t measure up, it won’t be just disappointing; it will be completely unacceptable. Therefore, they have to win.

●  They both teeter-totter between extremes. To have successful lives, they both must learn to regulate the extremes to which their personalities can lead them. Empaths need to learn how to protect themselves in many different ways—some as simple as knowing when it’s time to leave the party before they get overloaded with other people’s emotions, and others very difficult, such as knowing when and how to get out of a relationship that’s hurting them. We’re going to talk about how to help yourself do those things.

You’ll often hear narcissists can’t change. It isn’t true, but it is very, very difficult. They need a great deal of honest therapy to see past the illusion-self they’ve created and get some sense of objective reality. Can you imagine how painful it is to face the fact that you’re really no more important than anybody else after the basis of your life has been that you must be better, faster, stronger, and smarter? This is a painful and possibly traumatic revelation, which they may avoid thinking about at all costs.

––––––––

Differences

●  Relationships are/are not transactional. The differences between a narcissist and an empath mostly boil down to intent. While narcissists value their relationships, they only do so because they see them as extensions of themselves and a way to meet their need for attention and control. For an empath, though, relationships are opportunities to help nurture others and to help others grow and heal. The opportunity for a relationship may excite them both, but it excites them for vastly different reasons. A narcissist may view a new relationship as a source of entertainment or to show off to someone. An empath probably views the opportunity as just that—an opportunity to meet someone new and spend time with them, getting to know each other and enjoy each other’s company.

●  They treat others very differently. Another profound difference is how they treat others in the relationship. A narcissist only values the relationship so long as it serves their needs. They will do whatever it takes to keep others in their control. They will knowingly and fully hurt others if it means feeling superior, getting the upper hand, destroying someone else’s happiness, or gaining more control. On the other hand, an empath is willing to be patient with people and usually treats them better than they treat themselves.

●  They value themselves differently. While narcissists usually have a fragile sense of self and poor self-esteem deep down, they regularly put themselves first in just about every situation. Their needs are the only needs that matter. What they want is the only thing people should focus on. Empaths, though, may struggle to put themselves first. They take in so much of the world around them that they spend time trying to heal others or comfort them. Many can’t even imagine putting themselves first.

––––––––

Relationships between empaths and narcissists

One of the reasons that the two types are drawn to each other is our childhood attachment style. As adults, we seek relationships with others that mirror the relationships we experienced with our caregivers as children. The empath wants the same kind of love and validation from a narcissist because they may have had an insecure attachment with their caretakers. They may have had a parent figure who was emotionally neglectful or demonstrated in some way that love is conditional. The empath gets fixated as an adult on pleasing their narcissist without realizing they might be mirroring relationships from their childhood.

On the other hand, narcissists want to avoid feeling their own pain, insecurity, or trauma. They dump that emotional burden on their victims instead of dealing with it. They may have been abused or experienced trauma in their childhood that led them down their path, one full of self-loathing and self-hatred. However, this is not an excuse for them to turn around and abuse their victims. They become the very person who hurt them. They exploit the relationship between them and their victim’s need for love and emotional connection because they don’t see their behavior as problematic. As a result, they are unable to reflect on their behavior and avoid feeling their truest, deepest feelings at all costs.

The abuser keeps their victim trapped by a cycle of love-bombing and abusive behavior while demoralizing them and using them as a scapegoat for their own painful feelings. The empath will internalize those experiences and place the blame on themselves. Even though the empath is a victim, the narcissist will insist that they are the real victim and will use the empath’s feelings of guilt, anxiety, and hurt against them.

When deciding how to continue in the relationship, the victim needs to decide that their feelings are just as valid and that they can no longer serve as a scapegoat for the abuser’s inability to handle their own emotions. When trauma bonding has formed, it can be especially difficult to break out of the relationship or even to recognize what’s happening. On the other hand, the narcissist may eventually get bored or tired of the empath and may discard them without a second thought, which is just as painful for the empath.

You can probably already imagine the problems that can develop between empaths and narcissists. One wants to care for others, and the other wants to be taken care of. One doesn’t hesitate to take first place in a relationship, and the other sacrifices themselves for the sake of the relationship. Empaths long to feel needed, and narcissists are takers. Narcissists can easily drain an empath dry, given enough time.

How do you avoid letting a narcissist take full advantage of you if you’re an empath? It can feel like you’re going against your own nature when trying to break free. Empaths are built to care about and for others. The trick is recognizing the codependency of the relationship. Codependency is a circular relationship in which one person needs the other person, who in turn, needs to be needed... (Exelbert, Gould, 2020). In a codependent situation, the taker may behave abusively toward the giver. They may go as far as to threaten self-harm or harm others to get their way. Imagine the father who threatens to disown his son and cut them off with nothing if the son doesn’t continue to give the father money to fund his addiction or fix his money problems. Imagine the daughter who feels obligated to care for her mother, who is constantly sick with imagined or minor illnesses that they blow out of proportion to get attention and sympathy. Adult children may feel trapped in the cycle and afraid of the consequences of breaking out.

Scenario #1: Rami is a first-generation American, the son of immigrant parents. His parents are strict with him and don’t permit him to date while in school. Instead, they push him toward a prestigious college and into a lucrative career. If he doesn’t do as they demand, he is threatened with being cut off from his family, especially his sisters, whom he loves and feels protective over. As soon as he graduated, both his parents demanded he settle down with a spouse from within the community. They make it clear that engaging in a relationship outside of the community would bring shame to the family name. They want him to enter an arranged marriage. He reluctantly agrees, partly to protect his sisters from his parents’ demands.

Rami’s family is from a background that dictates that children obey their parents' wishes and take care of the parents in their older years. The parents are also obsessed with the idea of image and status within their community. To them, looking good for others is much more important than the happiness of their own children. He understands that they were raised differently than he was and wants to keep the peace in his family. He also wants to make sure his sisters are not subject to the same controlling behavior. As a result, he goes along with their desires despite it affecting his own mental state because he doesn’t want to rock the boat.

His parents use shame, guilt, boundary stomping, and threats to get their son to comply with their wishes. Their only goal is to maintain a picture-perfect image, and they operate out of fear of being ostracized and shamed by their community. They may have had their own trauma-filled upbringing, heavy with similar pressures from their parents, but they are choosing to perpetuate the cycle of abuse. Rami has a caring heart and wants to please his parents and protect his siblings. He can empathize with the difficulties they faced to give him a good life and may feel that going against that is a slap in the face to their sacrifices. It’s easy to look at the situation and say, Well, just cut contact with them and live your life the way you want to. In reality, it can be overwhelming and even scary to imagine doing just that. Rami has to decide if he wants to cut himself off from his entire support system and community. He has to decide if leaving his sisters behind is worth the risk. Will his parents get so angry with him that they become even more strict with his siblings? This is an example of how generational trauma continues the cycle of narcissistic abuse.

Scenario #2: Anne and Gerry are in a committed relationship. They met six months ago at a business function, where Gerry gave a speech. Gerry was quick to shower her with affection, was the first to say I love you, and asked her to move in after just two months. As a result, Anne feels a lot of affection and love for her partner. Gerry has started working longer hours at work, insisting that she be patient while he works toward a major promotion. Lately, Gerry has been coming home and getting after her for every little thing. She feels that she needs to help Gerry by being a better partner. Anne brings up the idea of marriage, but Gerry tells Anne that he doesn’t want to get married because Anne won’t fit into Gerry’s social circle. So Anne bends over backward to start exercising more, gets her hair dyed and styled, and starts wearing more designer brands to fit into Gerry’s lifestyle. She wants to do whatever she can to make Gerry happy.

Gerry takes her out to dinner one night, telling her to get dressed up. Anne is excited, expecting her partner to propose. At dinner, Gerry says that his family expects him to marry someone wealthy and that Anne isn’t well-off. He says he’s marrying a family friend but wants to keep her as his mistress. Anne is in shock. She says no, and Gerry gets angry, telling her that she wouldn’t get a better offer than that. He also lashes out and tells Anne that their relationship was just a distraction and that Anne was never pretty enough for him to consider settling down with anyway.

Gerry doesn’t care how Anne feels. Every move he’s made was calculated to keep himself entertained. He overwhelms Anne with love and affection at the beginning of their relationship; a technique narcissists use called love-bombing. Once he has Anne in his grip, he can dictate the terms of their relationship, as Anne is now invested. When Gerry grows bored, he starts to demand that Anne make changes to appease him. Anne goes out of her way to do everything her partner asks and more, which isn’t enough. Gerry is ready to move on but offers a consolation prize. Gerry is enraged when Anne turns him down because he can’t imagine how everyone around him isn’t enraptured and adoring. Anne herself had to hit rock bottom in the relationship before realizing that no amount of compassion, love, sympathy, or empathy would change Gerry’s behavior.

Scenario #3: Angel has been working at ExCo for five years, under the leadership of their boss, Brad. Brad has been a good boss—he’s always ready for a joke, laid back about taking time off, and gets his team pizza every Friday. He really enjoys working with Brad but has noticed that lately, every time he comes to his boss with an idea, Brad brings it up and takes credit for it. He’s glad the ideas are being implemented, and his boss always apologizes and promises to credit him in the future. He sees an opportunity for a promotion within the company and goes to his boss for help. Brad gives him advice and even helps him prepare for an interview. When the time comes, not only does he not get the interview, his own boss is given the promotion instead.

Brad comes across as a kind, loveable boss with an open-door policy. He cultivates an image of being buddy-buddy with his team members and encourages camaraderie. However, when Angel finds out the truth, it turns out his boss doesn’t care about his team members at all, only himself. All those times that Brad promised him that he would make sure he gets credit for his ideas were nothing more than lies to soothe Angel’s complaints. Brad took advantage of Angel’s kindness to get ahead. He behaved ruthlessly behind Angel’s back and acted kindly to him in person.

In all of these scenarios, the victim feels like they have more to lose than their abuser. It can be demoralizing and disheartening to feel like no matter what you do, nothing ever seems to be good enough for the other person. Truthfully, nothing will ever be good enough for the narcissist. They exist within their own sphere of perfection and

Reviews for Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Complex PTSD, Codependency and Anxious Attachment - 4 in 1

[rivermicah785 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Helpful

The authors did an excellent job of explaining the complexities of narcissistic abuse and anxious attachment in an understandable way. The workbooks are a great resource, providing practical steps that I could integrate into my daily life.

[emmaamelia2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Practical Tools for Emotional Recovery.
These books has provided me with a wealth of knowledge and practical tools to understand and overcome the emotional turmoil I’ve been experiencing. The sections on recognizing covert narcissism and handling gaslighting were particularly insightful. The workbooks included are incredibly useful, offering exercises that helped me apply what I learned.