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  • By: Lauren Kozlowski
  • Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy
  • Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)
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Summary

"If your relationship is so bad, why don't you just leave them?"

"If you were in such an abusive relationship, why did you stay with them for so long?"

"If you knew you were in a relationship with such a toxic person, why didn't you ask people for help?"

If you've ever been asked these questions, aside from being ignorant and hurtful, you'll know it's beyond frustrating. The answer to the above questions, whilst it's complex and often confusing, can be given with two words: trauma bonded. If you find you're in a relationship that you know is so toxic that it's crushing your very being, but you can't bring yourself to leave, you may be in the clutches of a tight trauma bond. 

If you're constantly feeling on edge, forever working to appease your spouse to little avail and feel like you're constantly being chipped away at with their abusive behavior, then I can understand how emotionally shattering it feels to live this way. 

If, in the same breath, it breaks your heart to even consider leaving them because you can't imagine life without them, then I can understand that feeling too - because I was trauma bonded to my abusive ex. 

From my own personal experience and from the experiences other survivors have opened up to me about, this book will cover the following: 

  • What trauma bonding really is 
  • The seven stages that lead to you becoming trauma bonded 
  • The parallels that Stockholm syndrome has with trauma bonding 
  • The five stages you go through when you come to accept you're trauma bonded - the cognitive dissonance a trauma bond can cause 
  • Breaking free from the traumatic bond 

This book will also include my own experiences and I'll draw upon those to help you really understand trauma bonding, and let you know that you're not alone in being shackled by this emotionally crippling bond. More importantly, this book will help you understand that the invisible chain that tethers you to your abuser can be broken.

©2020 Escape The Narcissist (P)2020 Escape The Narcissist

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Eye opening!

Very good read, relatable and thought provoking, I highly recommend this book to any one

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Amazing book! So worth while!

I really liked this book and needed to hear this! I have had some really unhealthy relationships in my life. This has brought me some clarity and peace!

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So adequate

I felt like I was reading about my own relationship. I think I got out very early but stages, stages still remain the same. Very helpful book.

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a very good read

for someone who has just walked away from a narcissist this book really helped me understand my true feelings towards the narc and how to deal with the intense trauma bond i am in midst off. thank you.

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Interesting introduction, if a little lightweight

Overall I liked it and found it quite useful, as I was certainly trauma bonded last year. The book was over quite quickly and didn't go into much depth though.

That said, there was a good "take away" for me: drawing and labelling my own Trauma Bond cycle. It helped me think about the repeated pattern in my relationship, that just went round and round in a self-perpetuating, self-feeding circle.

The Trauma Bond cycle helped me discover my objective truth. I was following a routine, a pattern I had not noticed before listening to this audio book. So, thank you. 👍

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