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A review by leslie_parrish
Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse by Shannon Thomas
4.0
TL;DR see that toxic person, and we’re walking the other way
I wish I had this book 4 years ago when I was starting my healing journey. There is a lot of good information in here to help understand what you’ve gone through which is especially important if you’ve been made to feel like you can’t trust your own judgement about their behavior. I’ve seen some other reviews saying they don’t like the way that she talks about abusive people as pathological and people who can’t always be helped. I can understand where they’re coming from, but this book is for victims. I think one of the hardest things for me to accept initially is that I was abused on purpose, and they did know what they were doing. You have to accept that to be willing to get away from a person instead of making excuses for their behavior.
I wish I had this book 4 years ago when I was starting my healing journey. There is a lot of good information in here to help understand what you’ve gone through which is especially important if you’ve been made to feel like you can’t trust your own judgement about their behavior. I’ve seen some other reviews saying they don’t like the way that she talks about abusive people as pathological and people who can’t always be helped. I can understand where they’re coming from, but this book is for victims. I think one of the hardest things for me to accept initially is that I was abused on purpose, and they did know what they were doing. You have to accept that to be willing to get away from a person instead of making excuses for their behavior.