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Hey y'all

I started reading a book and highly recommend it to anyone that finds themselves being abused in any way. Or if you walk away from fights feeling confused. Or if nothing ever get resolved. Or if you feel unheard... It's called "Psychopath Free" by Jackson Mackensie.

Now, I'm not saying that you're dating/married to a psychopath but people that are in the throes of addiction present in very similar ways. In fact, if someone behaves narcissistically while addicted (and I think they all do) counsellors/therapists/psychiatrists cannot properly diagnose until they have overcome their addiction and have been sober for quite some time. This is how similar these behaviors are...

I started reading it and I can't put it down. It's written in a conversational way, no medical jargon or hard to understand phrases. You will find scenarios and experiences put into words and it has been so validating for me

Bekindalways

That sounds interesting Expanding. I'm an old spinster lady which is one way to stay psychopath free and my family is more normally dysfunctional than psycopathic.

Have you read anything by Tina Swithin? I've only read her blog but found it very interesting. It is about divorcing a sociopath (hmm . . .somebody here suggested her . . . might even have been you)

Who wrote Psychopath Free?

mylifeismine

"or if nothing ever gets resolved"

Thanks for the recommendation. I have to say, in one of
the rare moments of clarity I had during an argument that
was making absolutely no sense to me, I. grabbed a pen &
paper & told my husband I need to get this straight. Now,
your angry because 1,2,3, & you are are saying I did x, y, z,
but you think I should have done ---. He couldn't even give
an explanation at that point.......quickly became frustrated.
Funny in hindsight.

Now that I think about it, I should always do that.....

Yoga

I've started doing that, writing things down so I know I'm not going nuts.

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It's written by Jackson MacKenzie. Seriously so good lol

Lilro

Good Morning!

Yes!! I read this book back in November and just re-read it again. Very good book. Hit the nail right on the head, especially the "30 Red Flags" chapter. Yikes!!! Wish I would have read this YEARS ago. I would post a screen shot of the cover but don't know how to on this site. I would recommend this book to anyone that is walking around thinking " what the hell just happened?"

Ro

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When my relationship ended I didn't even know what was real anymore. My sense of reality and self was destroyed! Some of it had to do with my codependency and having no boundaries, but not all of it. This is a very eye opening book. It explains the unexplainable, it explains those weird or sick feelings you got, that you knew something was wrong but you couldn't put it into words. This book did that for me. I'm thinking back and connecting dots... but don't read it unless you're ready for a big reality check. There were times I actually said WOW out loud or had to put the book down for a minute to process.

mylifeismine

There is a huge amount of reading available on Amazon when you search
the book. Haven't read it yet, but definitely will. Thanks.

https://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Fr...ustomerReviews

Bekindalways

. . . oops and you said that in your first post and I didn't read very carefully. Thanks Ex!

Centered3

Does it relate to just partners or does it include those with these types of family members as well?

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It's about relationships in general. So if it's a boss, friend, sibling, etc what he talks about can be applied to them all

DesertEyes

You all want me to add the book to the stickies?

Mike
Moderator, SR

DesertEyes

Done stickied in the book sticky.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...d-members.html

Mike