If Only I'd Known!: How to Outsmart Narcissists, Set Guilt-Free Boundaries, and Create Unshakeable Self-Worth
Chelsey Brooke Cole
Aug 2023 · Portwell Press · Narrated by Chelsey Brooke Cole
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This therapist-written and recommended 3-part audiobook will help you understand the inner workings of a narcissist, heal from narcissistic abuse, and experience sustainable post-traumatic growth.
In relationships, have you ever found yourself:
• Feeling like something is "off," but not being able to explain why?
• Leaving conversations feeling more confused than when you started them?
• Constantly ruminating on how to "make sense" of what you feel and what's happening?
• Feeling "not enough" no matter how hard you try?
Narcissistic abuse creates a tidal wave of confusion, hypervigilance, and overthinking. You have trouble thinking clearly, remembering things, or taking in new information.
And because these changes are happening to you-you begin to wonder:
What's wrong with me?
Why can't I make this relationship work?
Am I fundamentally broken?
And that's exactly how narcissistic abuse works-it happens so subtly that you believe the insecurities you're experiencing are "you" instead of "what's happening" to you.
You think there's something wrong with you.
You think you need to change or get better.
You think no one else understands.
Narcissistic abuse is a multilayered attack on your sense of self-a dismantling of who you are and what you believe you're worth.
This audiobook covers unique information related to narcissistic abuse, including:
• How different narcissistic types love bomb
• Cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physiological warning signs that you're being abused
• How and why narcissistic trauma bonds form and the process to untangle yourself from these binding relationships
• How to set boundaries even if you're highly empathic
• The most common reasons you stay stuck and how to get "unstuck"
If you've ever wondered:
• How did I get into this relationship?
• I'm such a people pleaser-how can I set better boundaries?
• What if healing isn't possible for me?
• I feel so lost and broken-where do I even start?
This audiobook is for you!
In relationships, have you ever found yourself:
• Feeling like something is "off," but not being able to explain why?
• Leaving conversations feeling more confused than when you started them?
• Constantly ruminating on how to "make sense" of what you feel and what's happening?
• Feeling "not enough" no matter how hard you try?
Narcissistic abuse creates a tidal wave of confusion, hypervigilance, and overthinking. You have trouble thinking clearly, remembering things, or taking in new information.
And because these changes are happening to you-you begin to wonder:
What's wrong with me?
Why can't I make this relationship work?
Am I fundamentally broken?
And that's exactly how narcissistic abuse works-it happens so subtly that you believe the insecurities you're experiencing are "you" instead of "what's happening" to you.
You think there's something wrong with you.
You think you need to change or get better.
You think no one else understands.
Narcissistic abuse is a multilayered attack on your sense of self-a dismantling of who you are and what you believe you're worth.
This audiobook covers unique information related to narcissistic abuse, including:
• How different narcissistic types love bomb
• Cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and physiological warning signs that you're being abused
• How and why narcissistic trauma bonds form and the process to untangle yourself from these binding relationships
• How to set boundaries even if you're highly empathic
• The most common reasons you stay stuck and how to get "unstuck"
If you've ever wondered:
• How did I get into this relationship?
• I'm such a people pleaser-how can I set better boundaries?
• What if healing isn't possible for me?
• I feel so lost and broken-where do I even start?
This audiobook is for you!
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Monique van Gestel
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June 4, 2024
Wow this book is amazing. It gives so much inside. I strongly believe that education is the key to healing. Understanding what happened. The examples that are given could come straight out off my life. That truly helps seeing I am not crazy. The voice is perfect. It feels like telling instead off reading from a paper. That makes it so easy to listen. Thank you for this great book. I moments off doubt I am sure I will put on the chapter that I need to hear at that moment.
Natasha Van den Heever
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August 23, 2023
I was fortunate to ve part of the launch team and honesly I do have to admit since I started reading this it all made sense as to what I’m experiencing. Chelsey described the different narcissist in such detail its so easy to understand! I definitely recommend if you want to learn more about narcissist
Lisa Stines
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August 24, 2023
This book gave me the information, insight and courage I needed to make my decision to quit taking the abuse. After 30 years of trying to justify and explain away the myriad of abuse I was taking this book helped me realize it was never ever going to get better, it was not my fault and in an odd way not my partners either really. I am so grateful for the information and support. I feel anyone who thinks they are dealing with a narcissist should have this book, I have read many books on the su
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