“Malignant narcissists enjoy using your wounds against you. Any vulnerability you reveal to them will be used as ammunition to further terrorize and retraumatize you.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“It's important to cut ties with abusive people. You don't have to live in someone else's cesspool of dysfunction.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“If you think you're going to have a thoughtful discussion with someone who is toxic, be prepared for epic mindfuckery rather than conversational mindfulness.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“He engineers a new false reality for you to live in where you are doubtful of your inner voice. He begins to twist and turn your strengths into flaws, your talents into travesties, your compassion into naiveté.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com
“Narcissists are masters of pathologizing your emotions. They convince you that your emotional reactions to their abuse are the problem, rather than the abuse itself.”— Shahida Arabi, amazon.com