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The Adventures of Dan and Tina - Enduring and Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse
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. Once your eyes are open to how it works, it's revelation and 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 how to heal his soul.
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.
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 how to heal his soul.
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.
490 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 25, 2021
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About the author
Dan McGrath
4 booksDan McGrath was born in Minneapolis, where he still lives and pursues creative hobbies like painting, writing and music production. He became a licensed pilot in 2023.
He has extensive experience working in and around politics and government. He has served as executive director, president and communications director for non-profit organizations, a campaign manager for candidates, chairman of a ballot committee and a registered lobbyist. He has also launched several successful lawsuits against government entities and won cases in both the Minnesota and United States Supreme Courts.
Dan has been featured in numerous national and local television and radio programs and newspapers.
Before getting roped into political work, Dan was an avid gamer, co-owner of a game and comic book shop called Red Dragon Hobby and the creator of the original 1997 role playing game, MagiQuest.
Learn more at DanMcGrath.net
He has extensive experience working in and around politics and government. He has served as executive director, president and communications director for non-profit organizations, a campaign manager for candidates, chairman of a ballot committee and a registered lobbyist. He has also launched several successful lawsuits against government entities and won cases in both the Minnesota and United States Supreme Courts.
Dan has been featured in numerous national and local television and radio programs and newspapers.
Before getting roped into political work, Dan was an avid gamer, co-owner of a game and comic book shop called Red Dragon Hobby and the creator of the original 1997 role playing game, MagiQuest.
Learn more at DanMcGrath.net
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June 2, 2023
Bleakly familiar to anyone who's been through this level of abuse. As ever, the underlying message is you cannot change the narcissist, but you can recover away from them yourself.
Quite well written if a little foggy in its narrative in parts, this is a good read for anyone who's suffered from NA.
Quite well written if a little foggy in its narrative in parts, this is a good read for anyone who's suffered from NA.
June 13, 2023
gréât book
I enjoyed reading this book but could not understand how a person could fall in love with another human being burdened by so many addictions to sex, alcohol and drugs or Getting attached to a woman always drunk, with no job, many health issues, no ambitions or any real talent. Beyond narcissistic personality disorder, there was great dysfunction from the beginning with a love born amidst drunken people in bars, shooting pool and having indiscriminate sex. Yes, Tina may have been narcissistic but much more than that was wrong and clues were everywhere. Sometimes people love to be in denial and live in a fantasy world till they get burned by the heat of their fantasy and the downfall of their illusions.
I enjoyed reading this book but could not understand how a person could fall in love with another human being burdened by so many addictions to sex, alcohol and drugs or Getting attached to a woman always drunk, with no job, many health issues, no ambitions or any real talent. Beyond narcissistic personality disorder, there was great dysfunction from the beginning with a love born amidst drunken people in bars, shooting pool and having indiscriminate sex. Yes, Tina may have been narcissistic but much more than that was wrong and clues were everywhere. Sometimes people love to be in denial and live in a fantasy world till they get burned by the heat of their fantasy and the downfall of their illusions.
September 12, 2021
A loosely organized collection of tales from a relationship with a Narcissist. So much and so many resonate my experience with a Borderline person (undiagnosed, of course).
The book gives a taste of the intensity and confusion that comes with loving a Cluster B personality. It's a wild ride described in a fairly calm voice. Worth a read if you think you've been on a similar trip. We are not alone, and we can move on.
The book gives a taste of the intensity and confusion that comes with loving a Cluster B personality. It's a wild ride described in a fairly calm voice. Worth a read if you think you've been on a similar trip. We are not alone, and we can move on.
December 20, 2021
This author had a lot to teach me.
Absolutely stunning narrative of how the core desire to be a decent person and a “nice guy” can go completely off the rails. I am extremely grateful that he took the time to make this available.
Absolutely stunning narrative of how the core desire to be a decent person and a “nice guy” can go completely off the rails. I am extremely grateful that he took the time to make this available.
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