Do you find yourself increasingly more and more drained the more you interact with someone? ‘But they seem like such a nice person’ you may think to yourself. Read this books, I beg you. It will help you identify behaviors and patterns. Trust your intuition, this book will succinctly explain some of the more common forms of toxic behavior and, well abuse, in any relationships you may be doubting.

Now I’ve been working backwards. I’ve already read a lot of information on narcissists, anti social behavior, and the like. This book I feel serves as a great introduction to the unseasoned reader, who may just now be identifying abusive behaviors. I would probably truly give it a 3.5, but it’s still worth reading. The later chapters go into more general purpose therapy advice: and for some it’s great! I’ve incorporated them to varying degrees in my life. For me I didn’t find these chapters especially helpful: but I am also only one person. Your mileage may vary!