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Gewalt, Unfälle, Sucht, Diskriminierung, Hate Speech und Extremismus – Männer dominieren die Statistiken des Abgrunds: Sie verursachen doppelt so viele Verkehrsunfälle, begehen mit Abstand die meisten Straftaten und belegen deshalb auch 94 Prozent der deutschen Gefängnisse. 75 Prozent der Alkoholtoten jedes Jahr sind männlich und mehr als 80 Prozent der häuslichen Gewalt geht von Männern aus.

It is unusual to find a book as funny, thought-provoking, and life-changing as Becoming Toxic Person Proof. This book finally bridges the gap between studying toxic personalities and actually keeping yourself safe from them! Sarah provides the insights used to successfully help people around the world, stop talking about their toxic people problems and start solving their toxic people problems. She flips the script on traditional notions such as codependency and teaches you how toxic people use your strengths against you.

This audiobook was designed to assist the listener in gaining a solid sense of self, releasing vulnerabilities to common inroads used by narcissists, and ending the game of those types of relationships. Empowering thoughts create an empowered you!

Joan's neighborhood is filled with kids of all ages, but even her closest friends don't know how violent Joan's dad is or how difficult it is for her to navigate the troubled waters of her homelife. Joan becomes adept at reading her dad's mood and trying to prevent him from inflicting harm upon her mom. But time and again, her dad succeeds in his mission. As the violence escalates, Joan is plagued with the constant fear that her mother may die.

This Is My Story is about a Chicago girl born to an alcoholic teenage mother who becomes a teenage mother herself, who at 19 marries an abusive military husband. When she somehow finds the strength to leave him, she inadvertently runs into the arms of another man who almost kills her then two-year-old son, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The girl turned woman spends her young life trying to escape one tragedy after another. Will God ever give her a break?

From the Heart of an Abandoned Daughter is about the trauma of family violence. It highlights the inner struggle of the author’s childhood attempt to cope with a terrorizing father and a mother who was so focused on survival that she had to block her own feelings and, consequently, disconnect from her children, leaving them to feel emotionally abandoned rather than protected.

Dawn! by Dr. Sharon Joshua John is a poignant and riveting memoir of fierce resilience, survival and healing. Dr. John, with raw vulnerability, takes the listeners on a transformative journey through 19 years of trauma. She reveals deeply personal emotional, physical, and psychological scars that shaped her life, leaving a lasting effect over the years. In this powerful account, Dr. John sheds light on the reasons why many women stay in abusive relationships, rejecting the guilt and shame often imposed on them.

A violence prevention expert helps targets of gender-based violence discern fact from fiction around what keeps us safe and support social change Personal safety shouldn’t mean living in fear, nor should it come at the expense of political progress. Questionable advice to avoid violence, like...

Kristopher was the type of man any woman hoped to fall in love with. Intelligent, charming, and worldly—everyone loved him. Yet, his definition of love was a far cry from the idealistic vision he painted. Behind closed doors, his behavior was erratic—from loving and kind to distant and cruel. Repeatedly, I ignored the voice in my head that told me to walk away now. Tangled in the web he systematically spun, I questioned everything I thought and did; I no longer knew who I was or what I was capable of.

Many people who have a relationship with a narcissist are reluctant to act because they fear the consequences. While this resistance is understandable, realize that you don’t have to live this way. By understanding the psychology of narcissists, the tactics they use, and what they respond to, you can build your confidence to act effectively. Having a host of proven techniques at your disposal makes the decision to act easier.

As a twelve-year-old girl, Maria Housden’s vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans. Unraveled is Housden’s riveting and thoughtful story of how, after the death of her young...

As a twelve-year-old girl, Maria Housden’s vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans. Unraveled is Housden’s riveting and thoughtful story of how, after the death of her young...

This selfhelp book is a practical, lifesaving guide that empowers listeners to recognise early warning signs, prevent abuse before it begins, and end abuse where it already exists. Chapters on Preventing Domestic Abuse explore Dating, Courtship, and Engagement, offering clear guidance on identifying risk and building safe, healthy foundations. Chapters on Ending Domestic Abuse address Marriage, Divorce, Control and Coercion, Drugs and Alcohol, Sexual Abuse, Dysfunctional Families, and issues affecting the Elderly.

Mildred Muhammad shares her story about rising up from the domestic abuse she endured from her ex-husband, John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. Sniper. Mildred witnessed firsthand John’s bizarre behavior after he returned from the Gulf War, but no one—including her family, friends, and local police—took her warnings seriously.

“Lyrical and brutal, intimate and culturally relevant. I’ve never read anything like it.” —Maggie Smith An intimate, linked, lyrical essay collection focusing on the longer-lasting effects of trauma and PTSD on survivors—challenging a culture in which violence against women is...

The raw, uplifting, and unforgettable memoir from the CEO and president of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence chronicling her personal battle against abuse, violence, and even a murder attempt. Ruth M. Glenn wasn’t surprised the first time her husband beat her. She was hurt and...

So verletzt! ist das neue Hörbuch von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Philipp Ruland über die unsichtbaren Wunden emotionaler Gewalt. Philipp Ruland weiß aus eigener Erfahrung, wie tief seelische Verletzungen sitzen und wie schwer es sein kann, sie zu erkennen, anzunehmen und zu heilen. Sein eigener Weg vom Türsteher über den Anwalt zum Psychotherapeuten hat ihn gelehrt, dass Heilung möglich ist, und dass jeder Mensch die Kraft in sich trägt, zurück zu sich selbst zu finden. Emotionale Gewalt zeigt sich nicht immer in sichtbaren Zeichen.

Pervasive misogyny—magnified by “manosphere” figures like Andrew Tate and his many imitators—is not a fringe problem but rather a cultural crisis that crosses all lines of ethnicity, race, and socioeconomics and does enormous damage to women, girls, and men themselves. It creates an onramp to online radicalization for young men and contributes to the growing problem of violence against women in public life.

"STRANGLED: A Survivor’s Plea To Men Who Look The Other Way” is the story of Dottie Davis, who became a police officer, was nearly murdered by one (her husband), and the messages throughout her life that told her she was less than, not to be believed, and would have to survive by her own wits if she survived at all. She not only survived, she dug deep and found her voice; spending the rest of her career rising through the ranks, becoming a domestic violence advocate, and, ultimately, a highly-sought international speaker and trainer. She’s unstoppable, except for one thing.

From Denise Brown—older sister of Nicole Brown Simpson—comes a vital, trauma-informed book that illuminates intimate partner violence and the systems that enable it. About one in three women in the US experience domestic violence, and many incidents are never reported. Drawing on decades of...