The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators

Shahida Arabi, MA

Apr 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Laural Merlington

About this audiobook

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.

Ratings and reviews

Really brilliant book. I don't have the words to write a proper review really but the author obviously has lived experience backed up by studies which is the magic combination. She methodically explains the various types of toxic person/ personality disorders, giving an excellent understanding, coupled with lots of brilliant coping strategies, self care tips. It is a tough subject but the narrator really softens it, her voice is like a nurturing hug - great choice. I'll be buying the paper copy too so I can refer to it in the future. Definitely a keeper for any HSP who still feels vulnerable and doesn't want to be a hermit!

I am blessed to have bought this audio book. It helped me to understand myself and other people better; and I can help and love myself better. Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge. Be blessed abundantly. It deserves more than 5 stars.

Mind blowing!