Volume 2 – Breaking the Trauma Bond | E-Book (English)

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Breaking the Trauma Bond

Ways Out of Toxic Dependency

The Narcissism Analysis Series · Volume 2

Sanja Panea

Why is it so hard to leave, even when you have long known that this relationship is hurting you?

A trauma bond forms where pain and closeness are tied together. Emotional injury is followed by affection; withdrawal is followed by hope. This alternation binds more strongly than any stable relationship – and keeps you in a cycle of longing, doubt, and dependence.

This book shows you what really lies behind that dynamic. In eighteen chapters, Sanja Panea explains why your mind has long been clear while your feelings keep pulling you back, how intermittent reinforcement, the attachment system, and cognitive dissonance hold you in place – and how you can break free step by step: with clarity, with no contact or limited contact, with a plan for relapses and hoovering, and with practical ways to calm your nervous system and rebuild your self-worth. Includes a 24-point self-assessment, exercises, and case examples in every chapter.

This book is not consolation. It is a way out. For everyone who no longer wants to stay – but wants to finally be free.

English edition, translated from the German original Trauma-Bindung lösen. PDF, 177 pages, A5 layout – readable on tablet, computer, and smartphone.