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The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People

How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators
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Protect your energy. Set boundaries. Reclaim your power from narcissistic abuse and emotional manipulation.

This practical survival guide, grounded in evidence-based CBT and DBT, helps highly sensitive people and empaths recognise toxic behaviour, including gaslighting and covert manipulation. It offers clear strategies to stop people-pleasing, set healthy emotional boundaries, and heal from abuse in various relationships and workplaces.

Learn to navigate toxic dynamics in dating, marriage, divorce, coparenting, parenting, and work, recover from trauma and PTSD-related stress, rebuild self-trust and confidence, and preserve your empathy without becoming a target.
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Ideal for highly sensitive people and empaths facing emotional manipulation, narcissistic abuse, or toxic relationships. Also useful for those seeking practical strategies to set boundaries and recover from emotional trauma and stress.

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Highly sensitive people (HSPs) and those who identify as empaths are natural targets for narcissists and emotional vampires due to their giving nature. This is a practical road map to help HSPs identify and deal effectively with toxic people—at work, in the family, in friendships, or in romantic relationships.

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Protect your energy. Set boundaries. Reclaim your power from narcissistic abuse and emotional manipulation.

If you’re a highly sensitive person (HSP) or empath, you may struggle with people-pleasing, anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm—especially when dealing with narcissists, manipulators, or other toxic people. Gaslighting, covert put-downs, emotional hoovering, and hidden manipulation can leave you second-guessing yourself and feeling drained. So how do you protect yourself without losing your compassion?

Grounded in evidence-based CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) and DBT (dialectical behavior therapy), this practical survival guide gives you clear tools to recognize toxic behavior, set boundaries, and heal from narcissistic abuse.

In this book, you will learn how to:

  • Identify gaslighting, projection, hoovering, and other common manipulation tactics
  • Stop people-pleasing and set strong, healthy emotional boundaries
  • Protect yourself from narcissistic, antisocial, sociopathic, and emotionally abusive behavior
  • Navigate toxic dynamics in dating, marriage, divorce, coparenting, parenting, and the workplace
  • Recover from hidden trauma, emotional abuse, and PTSD-related stress
  • Rebuild self-trust, confidence, and coping skills as a survivor
  • Preserve your empathy and sensitivity without becoming a target

Whether you’re divorcing a narcissistic partner, dealing with a self-absorbed coworker, healing from a toxic relationship, or trying to survive a nightmare family dynamic, this book offers a clear, practical toolbox for recovery and self-protection.

If you’re ready to stop feeling manipulated and start living free from emotional abuse, this guide will help you move forward with strength.

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Described as a must-read for highly sensitive people by emotional abuse recovery specialist Annie Kaszina, PhD, this book provides comprehensive answers and practical guidance in a relatable style. Jackson MacKenzie, author of Psychopath Free, calls it an invaluable resource that exposes new toxic personality types and empowers survivors. The book is praised for its thorough research, engaging writing, and usefulness for both beginners and those well-versed in narcissistic abuse.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781684035304

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 November 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: New Harbinger Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 289g

Pages: 200

About the Author

Shahida Arabi, MA, is a summa cum laude graduate of Columbia University, and best-selling author of three books, including Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare and Power. Her work has been featured on Psychology Today, Psych Central, Salon, HuffPost, Bustle, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the New York Daily News, Thought Catalog, and VICE Media Group. Find out more about her at www.shahidaarabi.com.

Foreword writer Andrea Schneider, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has over twenty years of experience counseling thousands of individuals and families. She specializes in narcissistic abuse recovery, maternal wellness, trauma recovery, special needs parenting, grief, and loss. You can find out more about her at www.andreaschneiderlcsw.com.

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