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, Andrea Schneider LCSW

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

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.

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.

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!!!

The most helpful book I’ve read to help after a string of toxic relationships

This was very helpful. I found it very tailored to HSP and details about what to do to disconnect from toxic people. I am a HSP with C-PTSD from childhood narcissistic abuse and I’m really grateful my social worker recommended this. I sped it up 2x and took lots of notes of the tools.

Ver Good

It was as if the author knew me. I have successfully used some of the suggestions in the book. Encouraging.