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Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma
I didn't have bruises.
She never left him.
He didn't actually rape me.
Maybe I wasn't worth believing.
Maybe it wasn't that bad.
What if emotional abuse is so hidden, its effects remain unchallenged for decades, masquerading as personal failings?
Believing 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.
Ingrid 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.
When 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.
By reclaiming her story, Ingrid transcended the role of healer into someone becoming healed, showing us what real healing looks like in the process.
She never left him.
He didn't actually rape me.
Maybe I wasn't worth believing.
Maybe it wasn't that bad.
What if emotional abuse is so hidden, its effects remain unchallenged for decades, masquerading as personal failings?
Believing 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.
Ingrid 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.
When 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.
By reclaiming her story, Ingrid transcended the role of healer into someone becoming healed, showing us what real healing looks like in the process.
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Published September 6, 2022
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March 27, 2025
When Ingrid Clayton decided to become a therapist, she pursued the goal with great determination. She obtained her degrees, studied her specialty, and participated in the self-examination required to practice in this field. Although she'd seen several analysts over the years, it wasn't until attending a seminar presented by Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score) that she came to recognize the reality of the trauma she suffered in her youth and the manner in which that injury continued to influence her life.
To a cynical eye, this may appear a bit convenient and self-serving. Yet that's often how such recognitions occur; difficult pieces clicking into place at unexpected times. There's a reason for that. When adults are cruel to children on a fairly consistent basis, most are aware they're doing something wrong. That sense of wrongness spurs their leap to justification, to minimization, to denial - and the child, being a child, adopts the rationale. I obviously deserved this, or I am over-reacting to it; whatever just happened wasn't that bad. The child registers this cruelty as acceptable behavior which, of course, it is not, but that's how the incident is filed in memory. Possibly forever. In the seminar with Dr. Van der Kolk, our author was given the opportunity to question the rationale. And the floodgates opened, as they are prone to do.
Believing Me is Ingrid Clayton's exploration of her past - without the blinders of her stepfather's rationale. The freshness of her new perspective lends an urgency to her prose and transforms the account into a legitimate page-turner. She is rediscovering herself and taking the reader along for the ride. The history is told through the lens of a working therapist, which elevates the game considerably, and gifts the material with insights that are both immediate and intellectually valid. Pair this with the stutter-start of reinitialized psychic development and you've got a fascinating front-row seat to the healing of a mind.
To a cynical eye, this may appear a bit convenient and self-serving. Yet that's often how such recognitions occur; difficult pieces clicking into place at unexpected times. There's a reason for that. When adults are cruel to children on a fairly consistent basis, most are aware they're doing something wrong. That sense of wrongness spurs their leap to justification, to minimization, to denial - and the child, being a child, adopts the rationale. I obviously deserved this, or I am over-reacting to it; whatever just happened wasn't that bad. The child registers this cruelty as acceptable behavior which, of course, it is not, but that's how the incident is filed in memory. Possibly forever. In the seminar with Dr. Van der Kolk, our author was given the opportunity to question the rationale. And the floodgates opened, as they are prone to do.
Believing Me is Ingrid Clayton's exploration of her past - without the blinders of her stepfather's rationale. The freshness of her new perspective lends an urgency to her prose and transforms the account into a legitimate page-turner. She is rediscovering herself and taking the reader along for the ride. The history is told through the lens of a working therapist, which elevates the game considerably, and gifts the material with insights that are both immediate and intellectually valid. Pair this with the stutter-start of reinitialized psychic development and you've got a fascinating front-row seat to the healing of a mind.
November 7, 2022
It does not surprise me that c-ptsd was only added to the WHO list of recognised conditions in 2018. The world is far behind where it should be in trauma recognition, diagnosis and management. This book is a benchmark bible. What Ingrid manages to articulate, process and describe is what all c-ptsd sufferers can identify with. Reading something that makes you go 'me too' is a magic hug for ones spirit in the long road to recovery.
For people that do not have c-ptsd, you can still recognise in the book the avoidance of any expressed emotion or open discussion about what is really happening in family life. Parents without emotional regulation skills, communication skills or an ability to be vulnerable meant that sweeping things under the carpet was the standard operating procedure for many families in previous generations of parenting. The avoidance of accountability has harmed many. As Ingrid says in her book "we woke up the next day and it was never discussed again". If children don't learn communication and conflict resolution at home where are they supposed to gain those skills? If parents are not the safe place for kids then where is safe? Things that are traumatic for kids end up being added to the pile of "things we don't talk about".
Life is confusing for kids, they need their adults to be truthful, accountable and validating to develop proper emotional and mental resources and stability.
"Believing Me" goes in the pile of genius publications, world changing publications like:
The Body Keeps the Score
When the Body says No
How to do the Work
You Can Heal Your Life
Untamed
Thank you Ingrid for being able to order and describe c-ptsd. Your articulation and vulnerability is world changing.
For people that do not have c-ptsd, you can still recognise in the book the avoidance of any expressed emotion or open discussion about what is really happening in family life. Parents without emotional regulation skills, communication skills or an ability to be vulnerable meant that sweeping things under the carpet was the standard operating procedure for many families in previous generations of parenting. The avoidance of accountability has harmed many. As Ingrid says in her book "we woke up the next day and it was never discussed again". If children don't learn communication and conflict resolution at home where are they supposed to gain those skills? If parents are not the safe place for kids then where is safe? Things that are traumatic for kids end up being added to the pile of "things we don't talk about".
Life is confusing for kids, they need their adults to be truthful, accountable and validating to develop proper emotional and mental resources and stability.
"Believing Me" goes in the pile of genius publications, world changing publications like:
The Body Keeps the Score
When the Body says No
How to do the Work
You Can Heal Your Life
Untamed
Thank you Ingrid for being able to order and describe c-ptsd. Your articulation and vulnerability is world changing.
September 19, 2022
5 stars.
I had read a few of the essays that eventually became this book, so I had some advance knowledge of the subject and the story. I DEVOURED this book in less than 24 hours.
It didn't really prepare me for the emotional load that Ingrid carried. Ingrid is a childhood friend, but in our youth and college years I had no idea what she had been through. As adults, we have bonded over shared complex trauma from complicated childhoods.
I am in absolute awe of the strength and courage required to write this book. Ingrid's writing is so evocative, emotional, and raw that I cannot imagine reading this book without tears.
A truly empowering and inspirational memoir. Bravo, Ingrid.
Thank you for paving the way, making CPTSD and Complex Trauma phrases known to the world and for the work you have done on you. Please write more books. About anything. Or better yet...sing them.
I had read a few of the essays that eventually became this book, so I had some advance knowledge of the subject and the story. I DEVOURED this book in less than 24 hours.
It didn't really prepare me for the emotional load that Ingrid carried. Ingrid is a childhood friend, but in our youth and college years I had no idea what she had been through. As adults, we have bonded over shared complex trauma from complicated childhoods.
I am in absolute awe of the strength and courage required to write this book. Ingrid's writing is so evocative, emotional, and raw that I cannot imagine reading this book without tears.
A truly empowering and inspirational memoir. Bravo, Ingrid.
Thank you for paving the way, making CPTSD and Complex Trauma phrases known to the world and for the work you have done on you. Please write more books. About anything. Or better yet...sing them.
November 8, 2022
As soon as I picked up this book I was unable to put it down. So many of Ingrid's relationships mirrored my own. I could feel her struggle in being in situations that didn't feel right, yet no one was able to do anything about it. The adults in her life, albeit trying their hardest, ultimately failed her. It was Ingrid who had to pull herself out of the tangled web, get the help, and do the saving. This book is a MUST for those healing with C-PTSD. I was shocked after reading it. I had felt a lot of my own web tightening back up around me. But this book engaged me in my own healing journey. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your story. It gives a lot of hope out there for us who grew up around non believers and enablers.
February 8, 2023
I finished reading ‘Believing me’ in a couple of days. Each time I was reading the book, I found it hard to stop reading. The book is very engaging and nicely written. The story it tells is super relatable for me.
I was able to see myself and my life experiences in bits of Ingrid’s story. It was a very sad but also very validating and healing experience.
I totally know how it feels like when people around you don’t believe you and pretend like nothing has been happening. When in fact, everything has been happening and it has been hurting you since childhood. The damage such situations cause to the psyche is horrendous and unexplainable to those who has never experienced narcissistic abuse.
At times, I felt very angry about how many children have to experience horrible atrocities in life and somehow deal with all the pain and confusion on their own. It is crazy.
I want to acknowledge how grateful I am for Ingrid being bold enough to share her story. Such stories are usually kept under the thousand of locks, in secret, by the majority of people. This is what keeps the abuse going and trauma so widespread.
I hope to be as bold as Ingrid one day and share my own story with people, so they can find some healing in it too.
I was able to see myself and my life experiences in bits of Ingrid’s story. It was a very sad but also very validating and healing experience.
I totally know how it feels like when people around you don’t believe you and pretend like nothing has been happening. When in fact, everything has been happening and it has been hurting you since childhood. The damage such situations cause to the psyche is horrendous and unexplainable to those who has never experienced narcissistic abuse.
At times, I felt very angry about how many children have to experience horrible atrocities in life and somehow deal with all the pain and confusion on their own. It is crazy.
I want to acknowledge how grateful I am for Ingrid being bold enough to share her story. Such stories are usually kept under the thousand of locks, in secret, by the majority of people. This is what keeps the abuse going and trauma so widespread.
I hope to be as bold as Ingrid one day and share my own story with people, so they can find some healing in it too.
December 28, 2022
what an eye opener
I felt this to my core. It’s the information I had been searching for. The discovery of figuring out all the feelings I suppressed started around 43 years old when a scenario from my past popped up and I realized I had been suppressing the ick feelings because I was gaslit as a young child and believed the lie that I was crazy. Everything started slowly coming back of all the narcissistic abuse I endured. The crazy thing is, I’m a nurse and when I was in school 10 years ago learning about narcissism. I realized it was my dad, but there was no explanation of how the victims felt. This book and Dr Ingrid’s explanation of it, helped me tremendously. Thank you for having the courage to write it out! You’re my hero
I felt this to my core. It’s the information I had been searching for. The discovery of figuring out all the feelings I suppressed started around 43 years old when a scenario from my past popped up and I realized I had been suppressing the ick feelings because I was gaslit as a young child and believed the lie that I was crazy. Everything started slowly coming back of all the narcissistic abuse I endured. The crazy thing is, I’m a nurse and when I was in school 10 years ago learning about narcissism. I realized it was my dad, but there was no explanation of how the victims felt. This book and Dr Ingrid’s explanation of it, helped me tremendously. Thank you for having the courage to write it out! You’re my hero
January 30, 2023
Shining a light on trauma and narcissistic abuse
While this book could have benefited from more diligent editing — the author’s thoughts are not aLways expressed as clearly as they deserve to be— this is a highly illuminating account of how trauma can take disguise itself as normal experiences, especially for someone who has been exposed to repeated manipulation and abuse while having their experience discounted, minimized, or disbelieved by others who should be looking out for their well-being. Her story will send shivers of recognition down the spine of readers who have gone through anything similar, and will have them questioning what they’ve always told themselves: “it wasn’t that bad — there’s just something wrong with me. “
While this book could have benefited from more diligent editing — the author’s thoughts are not aLways expressed as clearly as they deserve to be— this is a highly illuminating account of how trauma can take disguise itself as normal experiences, especially for someone who has been exposed to repeated manipulation and abuse while having their experience discounted, minimized, or disbelieved by others who should be looking out for their well-being. Her story will send shivers of recognition down the spine of readers who have gone through anything similar, and will have them questioning what they’ve always told themselves: “it wasn’t that bad — there’s just something wrong with me. “
May 31, 2023
Beautifully open, memoir of a woman's journey through abuse, gaslighting, self hate, dysfunction, and struggles, on into a world of healing with many speed bumps along the way-which is how real, stable healing happens, cyclically full of surprises both good and bad. Grief, growth and self acceptable is hard to learn as an adult, but what a truly beautiful thing it is to see we're not alone on such a journey when brave authors like this share their story!
So much I related to in her language as she shared her experience and viewpoints. I so enjoyed her company as I read this book. For all it brought up as I read through it, it was tempered with hope, which I also found in my experience wildly confusing, but there it is sitting there, hope... In spite of all the ugliness that abuse and trauma brings, a spirit of hope, 'sitting right next to it's best friend, guilt.'
How she illuminated to us that her journey back into her past moved her to be able to give up deeply held ideals, that literally were robbing her life of color and of experiencing life as her true self, all of which was so profoundly applicable to me and helped me.
Reading this book was as if I was in group therapy with Ingrid, it was so honest and real. It felt that we were sitting there together and I was able to nod, & just sit with her in the knowing/understanding; To breathe with her as she continued sharing openly her life's experience that was oh so relatable. Though I didn't personally experience the exact same scenarios she did, how I can relate to and understand the long-term damage narcissistic parents and parents with addiction inflict. Until we can actually see that we're self gaslighting, and begin to stop doing that, & open the door to view the truth, to be able to say 'This is what really happened and it wasn't my fault. I'm not crazy, I was raised being abused'. To be able to admit that, & not feel the shame that so often is associated with such a declaration because it was always denied by the family system that anything was wrong-IS ENORMOUS!!!
I'm grateful to have been able to read and also to grow through her sharing her personal experience.
So much I related to in her language as she shared her experience and viewpoints. I so enjoyed her company as I read this book. For all it brought up as I read through it, it was tempered with hope, which I also found in my experience wildly confusing, but there it is sitting there, hope... In spite of all the ugliness that abuse and trauma brings, a spirit of hope, 'sitting right next to it's best friend, guilt.'
How she illuminated to us that her journey back into her past moved her to be able to give up deeply held ideals, that literally were robbing her life of color and of experiencing life as her true self, all of which was so profoundly applicable to me and helped me.
Reading this book was as if I was in group therapy with Ingrid, it was so honest and real. It felt that we were sitting there together and I was able to nod, & just sit with her in the knowing/understanding; To breathe with her as she continued sharing openly her life's experience that was oh so relatable. Though I didn't personally experience the exact same scenarios she did, how I can relate to and understand the long-term damage narcissistic parents and parents with addiction inflict. Until we can actually see that we're self gaslighting, and begin to stop doing that, & open the door to view the truth, to be able to say 'This is what really happened and it wasn't my fault. I'm not crazy, I was raised being abused'. To be able to admit that, & not feel the shame that so often is associated with such a declaration because it was always denied by the family system that anything was wrong-IS ENORMOUS!!!
I'm grateful to have been able to read and also to grow through her sharing her personal experience.
January 3, 2023
Underlying this book, and Ingrid's life, is hope. Hope that we've found a community who believes our story. Hope that we can experience healing. Hope that we are intended to be whole people. 'Believing Me' looks courageously at one person's hardest moments and in doing so provides clear signposts for a gritty reader to do the same. Reading Ingrid's story, paired with her expertise, demonstrates a new way to interact with our own traumatic moments. It bestows confidence that we, too, can have a different interaction with our past unshackled from the grip of each re-lived moment. We gain tools and an example for how to reframe the traumatic incidents in the larger context of our life. We are shown a pathway to healing.Ingrid Clayton
December 12, 2022
I came to this book because of Dr. Ramani's recommendation. She said the clarity of this book is beyond great, and it is true. It's the personal story about Ingrid and her struggle with Narcissistic parents abuse. Walking through with Ingrid together, it made me realise how much i myself went through my whole life with my own parents. Both of them put me through hell, and then telling me I was in fact living in happiness. I despise them. The book gets even better in the end, because it's about healing, painful grief of a living parent, love and understanding that you never had, and getting back your own voice. Glossary in the end of the book helps a lot too, esp. trauma bonding. Highly recommend.
March 25, 2023
A memoir that may be familiar to many, particularly those raised in a narcissistic parent-child relationship. Validating and inspiring.
January 25, 2023
“While Ingrid has a clinical background, she feels there is no theory, diagnosis, or therapy that can replace the power of shared experience.” This book is such a testament to this sentiment.
Even as Ingrid writes toward the end of her memoir that “Maybe none of my therapists could have helped me all those years ago, because they couldn’t see it any clearer I than could. Maybe I had to become my own therapist, and that is both magical and heart-breaking. Just like everything else.” It seems that Ingrid’s healing takes place through the writing process - being able to write with certain lowered defences and then use her skills as a therapist to objectively analyse and then process her own feelings.
It seems as though Ingrid moves from the natural craving of desiring validation — to be believed, seen, heard, and respected (everyone deserves this) to being able to feel and direct all these needs and feelings back towards herself. It’s less about being believed, and more about coming to terms with what it means to believe herself. And of course Ingrid is not solely meeting her needs in isolation, but she becomes less willing to be the person everyone else seems to want her to be, to such an extent that she stops self-abnegating her own needs to please others.
There’s something incredibly validating about being able to process trauma through writing: “I write my way to a new ending that allowed me to be seen and heard, even if it was only by me.”
I believe you, Ingrid.
Even as Ingrid writes toward the end of her memoir that “Maybe none of my therapists could have helped me all those years ago, because they couldn’t see it any clearer I than could. Maybe I had to become my own therapist, and that is both magical and heart-breaking. Just like everything else.” It seems that Ingrid’s healing takes place through the writing process - being able to write with certain lowered defences and then use her skills as a therapist to objectively analyse and then process her own feelings.
It seems as though Ingrid moves from the natural craving of desiring validation — to be believed, seen, heard, and respected (everyone deserves this) to being able to feel and direct all these needs and feelings back towards herself. It’s less about being believed, and more about coming to terms with what it means to believe herself. And of course Ingrid is not solely meeting her needs in isolation, but she becomes less willing to be the person everyone else seems to want her to be, to such an extent that she stops self-abnegating her own needs to please others.
There’s something incredibly validating about being able to process trauma through writing: “I write my way to a new ending that allowed me to be seen and heard, even if it was only by me.”
I believe you, Ingrid.
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March 16, 2023
As someone trying to heal from C-PTSD, I’m fortunate to have a great support system, but this book gave me a new understanding of why I do what I do. Ingrid’s way of explaining what she went through gives me hope that there’s light at the end of the extremely exhausting tunnel I’m in right now.
October 6, 2022
I'm so glad you DID this. This book has opened so many doors for me. After reading so many other books on Narcissistic relationships and Alcoholism this is nothing like anything I've ever read before. A true account of how you were living a life ,day to day, in a toxic environment that had carried over into your adult life. This is me too. Your book is my springboard to admit that my trauma is not little in comparison to others. It's mine. It's how it affects me and it is just as damaging when I don't "believe" in myself. Thank you for taking my blindfold off. Thank you for believing in yourself enough to write this down and share it with others.❤️
October 10, 2022
Excellent read. Vulnerable, courageous, honest and right from the heart. The author has done the deep work of healing. Blazing an amazing trail in trauma recovery. If you haven’t seen her Instagram reels I high recommend checking them out. They are mini-trauma infomercials. So vital to help the general public become trauma aware. Keep Kickin ass Ingrid!
February 4, 2023
This book opened up my eyes on child trauma and narcissism. I admitted read this book over multiple sittings, because it got a bit intense at times.
February 14, 2023
Amazing read!
Another must-read memoir that tells a story and teaches lessons for survivors of trauma and narcissistic abuse. Essential for therapists and people seeking help!
Another must-read memoir that tells a story and teaches lessons for survivors of trauma and narcissistic abuse. Essential for therapists and people seeking help!
January 25, 2024
A powerful memoir that brought many tears- but left me feeling an abundance of hope and strength
March 13, 2024
I’m a licensed therapist and I had the distinct pleasure of reading this along with one of my clients. We had some great discussions prompted by this work of heart! I’m also a CPTSD survivor and the aspects of this memoir that were the toughest for me were the ones that mirrored my own experiences. Lots of breathing and taking breaks! While the book could have used some more careful editing (e.g. big timeline jumps or assumptions made that were not evident), it was still powerful. My use of it as a sort of “therapy book club” led to some incredible insights for a client, so I highlighted tons of it for reference in my work.
November 4, 2024
Im really loving these trauma memoirs.
September 19, 2024
4.5⭐️
I felt very seen by this memoir.
I felt very seen by this memoir.
April 7, 2023
Upgrading this to 4 stars. I appreciate Clayton putting this out into the world. It’s validating. I initially rated it 3 stars bc the prose isn’t compellingly written, although her experience is. The best parts of this, IMHO, are where she speaks of her growth and assimilation. Her realization that she experienced trauma, that her actions all along were responses to that trauma. My favorite chapters were the last one and the epilogue - so many highlights here. I highly recommend following her on Insta - her posts are also validating and many are quite funny.
August 22, 2024
A very powerful read about the ripple effects childhood trauma can have throughout our lives, even without being fully conscious of where these responses and triggers come from. I think Clayton did a very good job of conveying her childhood experiences from a clear place of recovery and introspection, not getting too lost in the details, but also not minimizing the effects these experiences had on her. The part she wrote that reverberated with me most personally was when she was reflecting on finally writing down those experiences and essentially "purging" them from her system and how after that, their power over her weakened significantly. I also really appreciated the message that even if the "most terrible" event never happened, the fact that she was ever put into these situations in the first place without anyone looking out for her was itself the biggest cause of trauma, compounded with not being believed when trying to get someone, anyone to listen to her truth. This truly was a hard yet compelling read, I'm very thankful I came across this author and her story.
February 27, 2024
I was captured by this Story, the honesty of Ingrids way to talk about the pain of not being believed by your own mum had me sobbing at some points. It also gave me pointers for my own healing journey in a way that feels close to live, just by telling the story of how trauma resolution works irl.
December 10, 2022
It took me a few weeks to read Ingrid’s book. It was so intense, so true, so challenging and so painful to see myself in many of the experiences she had growing up and specially as an adult. I thank her for being so transparent and vulnerable by sharing her ongoing process overcoming all these damages living in a toxic and abusive environment. Believing me is a must read book for the ones who have or still do experience the horrors of narcissistic abuse. And, ALSO, for the mental health professionals who work with these patients. In my own experience, and probably for the lack of knowledge or training in the trauma field, they could have done much better than they did.
May 14, 2025
Believing Me [audiobook] by Ingrid Clayton
(3.75) While the first half of the book was rather slow for me and I nearly gave up but there is a reason behind it. The second half of the book was great at messy untangling oneself from web of lies and gaslighting and brought back some of my own experiences. It is both a memoir and a guide of how to find oneself by starting to addres one's own learned unhealthy behaviours and beliefs. The second part of the books really sparked my interest and provided me few tools and ideas of dealing with my own CPTSD.
(3.75) While the first half of the book was rather slow for me and I nearly gave up but there is a reason behind it. The second half of the book was great at messy untangling oneself from web of lies and gaslighting and brought back some of my own experiences. It is both a memoir and a guide of how to find oneself by starting to addres one's own learned unhealthy behaviours and beliefs. The second part of the books really sparked my interest and provided me few tools and ideas of dealing with my own CPTSD.
September 26, 2022
This book was a helpful tool in my own recovery from childhood abuse, gently inviting me to remember, as the author so bravely shared her story. I found myself having trouble putting the book down, as I was drawn into her story. I appreciated the educational component that this book. Being a therapist, I will definitely recommend this book as a resource to my trauma clients. I highly recommend this book.
October 9, 2022
Beautifully Complex & Full of Hope
So many areas are explored as this story is told. Relationships. Generational trauma. Complex trauma. How we can self-gaslight. And so much more. I could not put this book down. Dr. Ingrid shares her soul, openly and candidly. I have not only understood my own trauma better but also that of my children. This will contribute to breaking cycles. Thank you!
So many areas are explored as this story is told. Relationships. Generational trauma. Complex trauma. How we can self-gaslight. And so much more. I could not put this book down. Dr. Ingrid shares her soul, openly and candidly. I have not only understood my own trauma better but also that of my children. This will contribute to breaking cycles. Thank you!
November 6, 2022
This book was a heart wrenching look behind the curtain of narcissism and abuse. Ingrid’s baring of her soul and willingness to be vulnerable is such a gift. I saw so much of myself in her words, despite the differences in our situations. I found myself feeling more hopeful for myself and my own journey through abuse and trauma than I have in a very long time. Definitely recommend this book for anyone who is on a healing journey or looking to understand more about themselves.
September 8, 2022
This book should be read by all who seek a deeper understanding of narcissistic abuse, trauma, and most importantly - how to heal. Ingrid bravely allows us into her journey as a clinical psychologist on her own healing path. As a clinician myself, nothing makes me trust a practitioner more than evidence of their own work. Ingrid takes that a step further and uses her own process to help others.
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