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Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance

by Peter Salerno

Making sense of relationship-related disorientation

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Making sense of relationship-related disorientation

Peter Salerno’s book presents “Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance” (TCD) as a response to ongoing covert manipulation, deceit, and coercion in relationships with people the description calls pathological personalities. It connects that experience with complex trauma and the confusion of believing oneself at fault amid chronic, sometimes subtle abuse. The book frames understanding TCD as a starting point for recovery and describes offering information and tools to help readers reconnect with their sense of self and move forward. Its subject is the psychological impact of abusive relationship dynamics and the work of making sense of them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults seeking language for confusing experiences in a relationship involving manipulation or coercion.
  • Readers looking for information and tools related to recovery from pathological relationship abuse.

Themes

Cognitive dissonanceCovert manipulation and coercionRelationship abuseComplex traumaRecovery and sense of self

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Book overview

If you're in or have been in a relationship with a pathological personality yet somehow ended up believing that everything bad was your fault, you're not alone. That's the super-power of disordered personalities: making their victims believe they are in the wrong even when they're not.

 

Being on the receiving end of chronic but often subtle abuse can be brutal. The result of this dizzying and disorienting up-is-down maelstrom manifested by the pathological personality in your life results in Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance (TCD). This occurs when covert manipulation and other forms of deceit and coercion are experienced on ongoing basis. TCD represents complex trauma that goes far beyond typical trauma and stress-related symptoms.

 

But there is help. And knowledge is where it starts. Rest assured that what you have been searching for to make sense of your debilitating situation and to recover once and for all from pathological relationship abuse is right here, between the pages of this book. Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance, when understood, can be overcome. And that's what this book is for-for you to gain the tools and information so that you'll be able to reunite with your true sense of self and to move forward in your life with a renewed sense of joy. After all you've been through, you deserve it.

 

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