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

How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators

By: Shahida Arabi MA

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

If you're a highly sensitive person, or identify as an "empath", you may feel easily overwhelmed by the world around you, suffer from "people-pleasing", experience extreme anxiety or stress in times of conflict, or even take on the emotions of others. Due to your naturally giving nature, you may also be a target for narcissists and self-centered individuals who seek to exploit others for their own gain. So, how can you protect yourself?

In The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People, you'll learn evidence-based skills grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to help you recognize and shut down the common manipulation tactics used by toxic people, such as gaslighting, stonewalling, projection, covert put-downs, and love bombing. You'll also discover targeted tips to protect yourself from the five main types of toxic people: garden-variety boundary-steppers; crazymakers and attention-seekers; emotional vampires; narcissists; and sociopaths and psychopaths.

Finally, you'll learn how to heal from toxic or narcissistic abuse, and find strategies for establishing healthy boundaries and a strong sense of self. If you're an HSP who is ready to take a stand against the toxic people in your life, this book has everything you need to survive and thrive.

©2020 Shahida Arabi (P)2021 Tantor

There's nothing better than a survivor's story!

There's nothing better than a survivor's story seen through the eyes of a recovered therapist. I'm a clinical pharmacist with almost two decades of counseling experience. If I say it's good, it's great!!!

Very helpful

As a HSP recently out of a toxic relationship this book really helped me. I plan to use several of the tools outlined as I move forward.

How complete and comprehensive it is.

The narrator seemed a little too prim and proper, and maybe too old for the contemporary subject matter. Would have enjoyed a softer and more contemporary voice. This Audio book and the film-Sensitive-The Untold Story-(Elaine Aron’s work) are powerful allies for me in my quest to recover from the emotional damage done to me by my mother and enabling father, and then all the resulting toxic relationships I’ve had to endure.

That others experienced the same things I was going through.

I liked this book, I will be re reading it again so I will not forget the pointers needed to have a better life.

COVERS A LOT OF OPTIONS & DEFENSES!

HSP here, with crippling anxiety & depression. Highly recommend to help navigate all relationships.. family, business, friendships, etc. toxic and non-toxic. Also helpful in recognizing your own toxic patterns.

Illuminating

As a HSP going thru a 20-years marriage with what i realized 2 years after the divorce to be a narcissist, this book brought more clarity and understanding! I plan on re-listening so i can absolutely nail down all the good info! Thank you Shahida Arabi💜

Needed information

I wish everyone could read this book. It was spot on. Thanks for sharing your story too.

Fantastic book, I highly recommend it!!!

I’m pretty close to having read every book on narcissism ever written and I was hesitant to read this because I was sure I couldn’t learn anything new but this book was incredibly helpful and powerful in reminding me of things I’ve forgotten or have minimized. This author really knows narcissism and how to not only protect yourself but more importantly how to live a more free, happy loving life free of narcissistic people. Shahida’s books are a gift to humanity and I’m grateful to have just completed this one… I will be listening to it again!

This helped me gain the power to leave!

This helped me understand what I was experiencing, how to feel empowered to leave and make a change, and how to stand up for me and my kids. I realize now how horrible my relationship was and now I can start the recovery process.

Validity

It was like a coming home for me, my sensitivity had yet to be validated in this way. Truly made me hold my head up higher & chest out broader being a Highly Sensitive Person.