14 must-read self help books like POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse by Shahida Arabi

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POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

By: Shahida Arabi

4.43

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Shahida Arabi weaves life wisdom and insight with empowering scientific research, not leaving any …

"Once someone has been traumatized again and again by someone who claimed to love them, once an abuser has warped the victim's reality and caused him or her to mistrust their perceptions through gaslighting, once a victim has been made to believe he or she is worthless, they are already traumatically bonded to their abusers. It takes a great deal of professional support, validation and resources in order for victims to detach from their abusers and begin to heal."

-Shahida Arabi, POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

"Once someone has been traumatized again and again by someone who claimed to love them, once an abuser has warped the victim's reality and caused him or her to mistrust their perceptions through gaslighting, once a victim has been made to believe he or she is worthless, they are already traumatically bonded to their abusers. It takes a great deal of professional support, validation and resources in order for victims to detach from their abusers and begin to heal."

-Shahida Arabi, POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

"Ten Things To Stop Doing" By Complex PTSD Survivor Lilly Hope Lucario" 1. Listening to unsolicited advice from those who know little about trauma, or those with little empathy. 2. Comparing your journey to others. 3. Believing healing or recovering quickly, are a sign of strength. 4. Thinking you were in any way to blame for being abused. 5. Thinking that the way toxic people treated you, is in any way a reflection of your self-worth. 6. Thinking you should be "over this" by now. 7. Believing that minimizing the trauma helps the healing process, when all it does is invalidate your experience. 8. Thinking you are a bad person for not forgiving heinous abuse. 9. Thinking you are weak for being abused. 10. Thinking you should tolerate people invalidating your trauma and the effects of it on your life."

-Shahida Arabi, POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

"Ten Things To Stop Doing" By Complex PTSD Survivor Lilly Hope Lucario" 1. Listening to unsolicited advice from those who know little about trauma, or those with little empathy. 2. Comparing your journey to others. 3. Believing healing or recovering quickly, are a sign of strength. 4. Thinking you were in any way to blame for being abused. 5. Thinking that the way toxic people treated you, is in any way a reflection of your self-worth. 6. Thinking you should be "over this" by now. 7. Believing that minimizing the trauma helps the healing process, when all it does is invalidate your experience. 8. Thinking you are a bad person for not forgiving heinous abuse. 9. Thinking you are weak for being abused. 10. Thinking you should tolerate people invalidating your trauma and the effects of it on your life."

-Shahida Arabi, POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

If you liked the self help plot in POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse by Shahida Arabi , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse

By: Shannon Thomas

4.37

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Within every community, toxic people can be found hiding in families, couples, companies, and place… read more

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  • relationships
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • self help
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2. Nightfall (The Vampire Diaries: The Return, #1)

By: L.J. Smith

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

To save the two vampire brothers who love her, Elena Gilbert sacrificed her life. Now that a supern… read more

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3. Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

By: Karyl McBride

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The first book for the millions of daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-in… read more

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4. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

By: Pete Walker

3.99

Format: 512 pages,

I have Complex PTSD [Cptsd] and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced… read more

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5. Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition): Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People

By: Jackson MacKenzie

5.00

Format: 120 pages,

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6. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

By: Lundy Bancroft

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft--a counselor who specializes in working with abus… read more

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7. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

By: Henry Cloud , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal pro… read more

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8. Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut

By: Sherrie Campbell

4.34

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Cutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and tow… read more

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  • relationships
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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9. It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

By: Ramani Durvasula

4.58

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

A transformative guide to protecting and healing yourself from the narcissism you can’t see, from p… read more

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  • relationships
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  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
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"You may have had the belief that to forgive is divine but have come to learn that to discern may be transcendent."

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"Radical acceptance of the injustice is part of this process-it not fair, I cannot change it; I can, however, chart a different and authentic course forward and learn from this. Be kind to yourself, t…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

"I am tired of people calling those of us who get stuck in these cycles "codependent" or "addicted" to the narcissistic relationship. It's not that. If you have any empathy, have normal cognitive func…"

-Ramani Durvasula, It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

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10. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World

By: Jenn Granneman

4.09

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

A paradigm-shifting look at a long-undervalued yet hugely beneficial personality trait, from the cr… read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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12. Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

By: Evy Poumpouras

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo’s Spy Games Evy Poumpouras shares lessons learned fro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"I wasn't unstoppable, but I was harder to stop."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"I know fear keeps us alive, but I also know that fear keeps us from living."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"Fear is like fire, if you extinguish it while it's small, it won't become an inferno."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"become a counter-predator willing to defend yourself against anyone who tries to overpower you."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

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13. A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters

By: Steven C. Hayes

4.28

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

"In all my years studying personal growth, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is one of the most use… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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14. Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey

By: Florence Williams

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects t… read more

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"I didn’t yet realize it was okay to be broken, that it was even, perhaps, essential to becoming a more porous animal capable of far more real love than I had known was possible. It would still take s…"

-Florence Williams, Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey

"These people showed a marked increase in connections between parts of the frontal cortex associated with self-concept and parts of the brain associated with processing sensory and motor information. …"

-Florence Williams, Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey

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15. The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse (The Narcissism Series Book 1)

By: Debbie Mirza

4.29

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Choosing Therapy selected this book as part of the 2020 Best Books on Narcissism and Narcissistic P… read more

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  • relationships
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  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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16. Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse

By: Jackson MacKenzie

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From a leading voice on recovering from toxic relationships, a deeply insightful guide to getting b… read more

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17. But It’s Your Family…: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath

By: Sherrie Campbell

4.11

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A psychologist offers a roadmap for those looking to break free of toxic family relationships and t… read more

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  • health
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"We were never "too sensitive." We were intuitive. We saw the abuse we endured for the cruelty and manipulation that it was."

-Sherrie Campbell, But It’s Your Family…: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath

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18. Out of the Fog: Moving From Confusion to Clarity After Narcissistic Abuse

By: Dana Morningstar

4.39

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Lying. Cheating. Manipulating. Will they ever change? What will it take to get through to them? The… read more

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19. Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door: How to Protect Yourself Against a Ruthless Manipulator

By: Martha Stout

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Dr. Martha Stout's influential work The Sociopath Next Door, we learned how to identify a soci… read more

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20. Was It Even Abuse?: Restoring clarity after covert abuse.

By: Emma Rose Byham

4.61

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you endlessly searched online trying to make sense of their behaviour? Hoping to understand ho… read more

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21. POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

By: Shahida Arabi

4.43

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

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"Once someone has been traumatized again and again by someone who claimed to love them, once an abuser has warped the victim's reality and caused him or her to mistrust their perceptions through gasli…"

-Shahida Arabi, POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

"Ten Things To Stop Doing" By Complex PTSD Survivor Lilly Hope Lucario" 1. Listening to unsolicited advice from those who know little about trauma, or those with little empathy. 2. Comparing your jour…"

-Shahida Arabi, POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse

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