5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life

Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other High-Conflict Personalities

By: Bill Eddy

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

Some difficult people aren't just hard to deal with - they're dangerous.

Do you know someone whose moods swing wildly? Do they act unreasonably suspicious or antagonistic? Do they blame others for their own problems?

When a high-conflict person has one of five common personality disorders - borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, antisocial, or histrionic - they can lash out in risky extremes of emotion and aggression. And once an HCP decides to target you, they're hard to shake.

But there are ways to protect yourself. Using empathy-driven conflict management techniques, Bill Eddy, a lawyer and therapist with extensive mediation experience, will teach you to:

• Spot warning signs of the five high-conflict personalities in others and in yourself.
• Manage relationships with HCPs at work and in your private life.
• Safely avoid or end dangerous and stressful interactions with HCPs.

Filled with expert advice and real-life anecdotes, 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life is an essential guide to helping you escape negative relationships, build healthy connections, and safeguard your reputation and personal life in the process. And if you have a high-conflict personality, this book will help you help yourself.

©2018 Bill Eddy (P)2018 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Vital

Hopefully you listen to this before you need it. I wish I had this information sooner.

Very well written

Well written and informative. I enjoyed this book very much. Recommend to give this a listen!

This book should be required reading.

Unfortunately, I found myself the target of Sociopaths too many times to count. I decided to buy this book in an effort to figure out why. This should be required reading for anyone that works with people. I learned that being sensitive, caring and vulnerable can make you a target but you don't have to be a victim. And any field can be rife with them, especially the caring professions.

Super useful

I wish I had this knowledge years ago. This book provides some very good examples of identifying and dealing with people who exhibit high conflict personalities.

Clear and Concise

Excellent discussion of the personalities and the characteristics that make a clear case for walking away. My family has had someone through marriage for 17 years and it has caused such heartache for us and for the children. There seems to be no solution.

Highly recommend

Must read for anyone in business or personal relationship with others. So yes, everyone needs to read this book. It’s a must today.

Excellent book

Ignore the negative reviews. The narration was excellent and the writing very well done.
His examples were very useful. You can see the author has years of experience. He shares it well

disorienting and Delectable

Compelling examination of some great films and the crazy people who made them. Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty; Brando, Scorsese , Marty, Robert Evans,Jack Nicholson Ray LiOtta Julie Christie, Coppla Fishburn Sheen . there's a a lot of names to drop in this rambling slightly gonzo examination of what was going on in film during
his amazing artistic apex

Helps keep you vigilant

This book helped me keep vigilant when it comes to dealing with the unavoidable HCPs in my life. I am less stressed and more prepared.

Very useful and easy to listen to

I found this super helpful. I thought it was more helpful and actionable than another audiobook about covert narcissism. I also found I was able to listen to and focus on the narration, which I have trouble with in a lot of audiobook.

This is great reading before you get into a situation where you'll really need this, because you can find out what types of people to avoid and how to treat them. It's harder if you read this book if you've already got into a relationship with one of these types of people, but still useful, especially if you aren't sure if you can trust someone etc.