Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance

Healing from an Abusive Relationship with a Disordered Personality

De: Peter Salerno PsyD

Narrado por: Peter Salerno

If you’re in or have been in a relationship with a pathological personality yet somehow ended up believing that everything bad was your fault, you’re not alone. That’s the super-power of disordered personalities: making their victims believe they are in the wrong even when they’re not.

Being on the receiving end of chronic but often subtle abuse can be brutal. The result of this dizzying and disorienting up-is-down maelstrom manifested by the pathological personality in your life results in Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance (TCD). This occurs when covert manipulation and other forms of deceit and coercion are experienced on an ongoing basis. TCD represents complex trauma that goes far beyond typical trauma and stress-related symptoms.

But there is help. And knowledge is where it starts. Rest assured that what you have been searching for to make sense of your debilitating situation and to recover once and for all from pathological relationship abuse is right here, between the pages of this book.

Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance, when understood, can be overcome. And that’s what this book is for—for you to gain the tools and information so that you’ll be able to reunite with your true sense of self and to move forward in your life with a renewed sense of joy. After all you’ve been through, you deserve it.

©2025 Peter Salerno (P)2025 Peter Salerno

Incredible information and healing

Extremely educational, scientifically based description of predatory, destructive people and their impacts on other people. This is a compassionate, ACTUALLY helpful discussion of the fact based devastation left behind after encounters with personality disordered individuals or groups. It concisely lists and describes multiple, proven effective methods of treatment for recovery and a pathway towards healing. Thank you Dr Salerno, for this work and time, your kind heart, and unusual mind. For neurodivergent brain types, information and logical, rational understanding of how the body and mind operate are very validating. Dr Salerno has a calm and clear speaking manner which is easy to absorb.

Stunning clarity... finally.

Dr. Salerno's work has opened my eyes to understanding after 15 years of confusion and self blame. I am forever grateful for his work in the world.

It was intentional!!

Alot of stuff you will research will tell you to be apologetic to the the abuser because of the hard time they had as a child although if I can speak for many of the survivors our childhood was no cakewalk either and we dont manipulate people's emotions for personal gain.
And would never intentionally hurt someone for personal pleasure.
would recommend this book 1000%.

Hard to listen to but incredibly eye opening

Towards the end of the book, I found myself having some strong emotional reactions. However, there is some incredibly helpful information in this book. It helped me see some of my own inaccurate assumptions that have been holding me back in my recovery. I highly recommend listening to this book. Just make sure you are emotionally prepared.

Everything is on point

Excellent therapeutic listen for anyone in need to understand and overcome traumatic relationships. Thankyou for this book as it was extremely helpful.