{"product_id":"believing-me-healing-from-narcissistic-abuse-and-complex-trauma","title":"Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma","description":"“Why don’t you come sit on my lap, so you don’t have to crank your neck?”\nI didn’t have bruises.\nShe never left him.\nHe didn’t actually rape me.\nMaybe I wasn’t worth believing.\nMaybe it wasn’t that bad.\n\nWhat if emotional abuse is so hidden, its effects remain unchallenged for decades, masquerading as personal failings?\n\nBelieving Me is an emotionally gripping memoir that gives language to the hidden and ineffable nature of childhood trauma and how it can imprint on a person, resulting in fractured self-esteem, addictions, perfectionism and a string of abusive relationships.\n\nIngrid Clayton had been in the pursuit of healing for a lifetime, including becoming a clinical psychologist and trauma therapist, but she never fully understood what she was healing from. Growing up in a fog of gaslighting made her question her reality. It wasn’t until she sat next to Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score) as he shared a case study so similar to her life, that a seed was planted: “Trauma” might be a word that was personal to her.\n\nWhen her stepfather died, Ingrid felt a calling to write her story and these were the truths reflected on the page. By recounting vivid childhood memories, she wrote her way through patterns of lies and denial that had infected her entire family. She came to face the feelings she had minimized for so long.\n\nBy reclaiming her story, Ingrid transcended the role of healer into someone becoming healed, showing us what real healing looks like in the process.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0BCSCYRLB\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0BCSCYRLB.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Clayton, Ingrid\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516629721146,"sku":"DBV.B0BCSCYRLB.A","price":11.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0BCSCYRLB-0.jpg?v=1783746238","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/believing-me-healing-from-narcissistic-abuse-and-complex-trauma","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}