Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People
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- ISBN 9781684035304
- Weight: 289g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2020
- Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
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.
