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

Excellent

Extremely helpful for my journey of healing. It wasn’t the same old information. It was new helpful, and systematically laid out.

Current, accurate, simple and effective.

I have been living with traumatic cognitive dissonance for much of my life. This book helped me see that people can indeed be toxic and can indeed contaminate my nervous and core belief systems. It allowed me to finally realize that I WAS a victim and am now a survivor of emotional and nervous system abuse. I appreciated how brief, clear and to the point this book was and the focus on the present moment rather than the past or the future. I feel validated, understood and supported.

Very helpful

I really liked this book, especially the dispelling of myths I’ve heard over the years and quite recently regarding the burdens I must carry for the relationship with the disordered persons. For example, I participated willingly and therefore must have wanted it and/or be a disordered person myself. I feel a tremendous amount of relief after listening to this book.

Wow smart man!

Very helpful! Understanding how others can gaslight and invalidate your value in life. While coming from someone who you thought was your most cherished love one provides healing, comfort and clarity and returns self trust again!

Life changing

I’ve never felt so much clarity in my life and this is after suffering intense mental and emotional fog that has been sitting during my years with my ex and this whole year after removing myself from my relationship. I can’t thank Peter Salerno enough for this.