Publisher's Synopsis
Your eyes will be opened when you get up close and personal with this vulnerable, female covert narcissist.
Intelligent and good-natured men and women alike can be seduced by narcissists, borderlines, histrionics and sociopaths. The results are often tragically similar. This is especially true when codependents mix with cluster B disordered people, as you'll see when you read this astonishing story of Dan and Tina. Covert abuse is psychologically and emotionally destructive, but it's initially hard to see, understand or explain. Unraveling how it works is a revelation that brings a great sense of relief. The secrets of a narcissistic relationship are laid bare in this stunning, true page-turner.People subjected to narcissistic abuse commonly experience depression, anxiety, panic attacks, guilt and shame among other difficult psychological and physical problems. Even after terrible mistreatment, victims may still feel an incredibly strong connection to their abuser. It's called a trauma bond and it's like an addiction that can be even harder to kick than heroin. For Dan, that led to a destructive on-again-off again relationship that withered everything it touched, until he learned to escape and discovered some practical strategies to begin healing.
In the Adventures of Dan and Tina, insights and answers are woven through a riveting true story of love, infidelity, betrayal, secrecy, gaslighting, crazy-making and ultimately escape and the road to recovery. Sometimes tragic and bizarre, it's also enlightening and affirming. It's a rare, personal look at what a romantic relationship with a cluster B personality disordered person is really like, from love-bombing beginning to the shattered end - and what comes next.
Gripping and informative, The Adventures of Dan and Tina will take you along on one man's surprising journey through surviving and getting over narcissistic abuse.
