Trauma Bonding: Detoxing and Healing From an Abusive Narcissistic Relationship

By: William Avers

Narrated by: Eric Burr

William Avers takes us on an honest and revealing journey that will help us understand trauma bonding and its multiple faces, from unhealthy attachment to the normalization of the abuse to the concealment and later denial of the truth. William Avers explores the human condition without prejudice or bias because traumatic bonds may occur to anyone.

Contrary to most people’s belief that abusers prey on the weak and foolish, abusers also prey on capable and attractive people because they seek the challenge too. Victims are prone to go to extreme lengths to defend their abusers once they have been indoctrinated by their abusers, this insidious process is very subtle and operates in iterations, becoming more toxic as time goes on. This is why it’s difficult to ascertain just how bad a relationship is.

You will explore tell-tale signs of trauma bonding as well as strategies to cope, prepare and leave an abusive relationship. Every human being wants to be appreciated and loved, lamentably toxic relationships have become more and more common, Avers explores some of the causes for this phenomenon. These relationships distort reality for the victim because we are not taught how to recognize and prepare ourselves for people that are just broken. Despite seeming perfectly normal, and it’s not exaggerated to affirm that some of them actually might want to hurt us whether consciously or unconsciously.

This audiobook explores the concept of trauma bonds, their characteristics, their effects on the victim, and their different manifestations. Throughout the audiobook, we’ll learn about different ways to extricate ourselves from a toxic relationship while learning different strategies to keep our mental clarity and positivity. Understanding the effects of trauma bonding will help you develop strategies and plans to detox from a toxic relationship. While there is no universal time-healing-frame, there are several things you can do to accelerate the healing process. You deserve to live free of all the drama. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to love and be loved in return.

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Great pug

I really enjoyed this book because it helped me after ending my toxic relationship. It also gave me the self-awareness.

Very good information

This book is very informative. Easy to understand and hits all the points of trauma bonding. I’d recommend anyone coming out of a toxic relationship read it.

Very interesting and an eye opener!

I really enjoyed listening to this book. This is a topic that I am really learning a lot from. To feel empowered and to recognize signs is a major transformation in life.

Understand Abuse

When you are in an abusive relationship, you often normalize the abuse and even defend the abuser. This book helps you know what the telltale signs of abuse are. If you simply want to know what the red flags are, this book will help. But besides that, it is meant to help you if you are caught up in a toxic relationship. It will help you know how to leave those relationships and start recovering. I loved how affirming the tone of the book is even when discussing factual information.

Good Info

The book overall has great information. It did feel like it got overly simplistic and platitude-ish at the end (“Time marches on, and if you’re not careful, it’ll march all over you”). The narrator is okay, but sounds a bit disconnected from the content sometimes.

Move on and forward

This book is a helpful and useful resource to help build the tools that you need to work through this kind of trauma. An interesting read and presents many key ideas, concepts and practical steps that can be understood to not only understand your experiences but also on how to move on and forward.

Direct and to the point

Best book on Trauma Bonds! it was completely worth the purchase and time .

Reclaim your happiness

It empowers readers to prioritize their well-being and pursue relationships built on love and respect. If you're ready to break free from the cycle of abuse and reclaim your happiness, this book is a must-read.

Broad Generalization Coupled with Useful Information

This book reads like a medical transcript, I found it hard to relate to. The author uses broad generalization for nuanced situations that I think, if a person didn’t do other information gathering, it could lead someone down the wrong path. Usefully, however, the author offers, some good basic information.