Gaslighting Recovery Guide: How to Recognize the Signs and Stop Manipulative Behavior in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship with a Spouse, Friend, Boss, Co-Worker, or Parent

By Victoria Hoffman

Discover the Easiest Way to Protect Yourself from Manipulators in Your Surroundings and Recognize the Signs of Gaslighting!

Do you feel like you are in an abusive relationship?

Are you tired of being tossed around, like you are worthless?

Are you scared to do anything because you are being led to believe that you made a complete mess of it?

 

Maybe the worst thing about all of this is that those things come from persons we love and trust, which is the biggest problem. Naturally, we care about those people and don't want to believe that they would do that to us.

 

We remain under a delusion that they could never wish us wrong and certainly not make us question our sanity, our emotional stability, or even our abilities to do the things we know we can do well.

Would you like to recognize the signs and stop manipulative behavior in an emotionally abusive relationship with a spouse, friend, boss, co-worker, or parent?

Would you like to live a life free of self-doubt, a life where you are not afraid to follow your mind and heart?

If so, then this book will offer you all of that and much more. With step-by-step guides, tried-and-tested strategies, and expert advice, and mental exercises, you will embark on a unique self-healing and self-improvement journey.

 

When you are done, you will learn how to recognize the signs of abuse and gaslighting with ease, how to protect yourself from all of that, and finally free yourself from the shackles of self-doubt.

 

Here is what this self-help guide can offer you:

• Gaslighting explained - what is gaslighting, where does it happen, and how to find evidence
• Expert guides to break away from the cycle of abuse
• Step-by-step guides and mental exercises to begin your healing journey by building self-compassion and self-esteem
• Launching counter-attack – instructions to quickly set and reinforce boundaries to protect yourself from abusive comments
• Self-care guide to finding a friend in yourself and other people
• And much more!

 

If you want to live a better and happier life, where you are free from the shackles of self-doubt, all you need to do is follow the expert guides and advice found in this book. So what are you waiting for?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Victoria Hoffman
• Release date: Aug 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201635763

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Gaslighting Recovery Guide

How to Recognize the Signs and Stop Manipulative Behavior in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship with a Spouse, Friend, Boss, Co-Worker, or Parent

Victoria Hoffman

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: What is Gaslighting?

Where Does Gaslighting Happen?

Evidence of Gaslighting

Chapter 2: The Gaslighter

Are Gaslighters Everywhere?

Gaslighters and Clinical Personality Disorders

Chapter 3: Acknowledgment and Self-Compassion

Breaking Away

Practicing Self-Compassion

Chapter 4: Building Self-Esteem

Reclamation

Chapter 5: Establishing Boundaries

Countering Attacks and Reinforcing Boundaries

Chapter 6: Self-Care

You’ve Got a Friend in You

Chapter 7: Establishing Healthy Relationships

Conclusion

References

Introduction

It’s you. It’s definitely you.

Can’t you do anything right for once?

What good are you, really?

Why do you have to overreact all the time?

How often have you heard sentences like these? How many times do you remember being called emotionally fragile? When was the last time you remember doing something, but were made to believe that you made a complete mess of it? Worse still, were you told that you were incapable of doing it?

I’m not the bad guy here.

So suddenly it’s my fault that you screwed up?

I never intended it like that, so stop harping on it.

I was only making a joke.

Such statements sometimes come to us not from complete strangers or people who are conflicted with our success, but from our loved ones, our friends, our family, our spouses... essentially the people we care about a great deal and thus really don’t want to believe the worst of. We remain under a delusion that they could never wish us wrong, and certainly not make us question our own sanity, our emotional stability, or even our abilities to do the things we know we can do well.

And if