Where art meets psychology.
Gallery
Some examples of the book’s 47 interior illustrations:
Projection
:
Abusers have no self-accountability, nor the ability for
introspection - abusers will outsource their own toxic behavioural traits,
by projecting them onto the innocent target.
Victim blaming:
Abusers will accuse the victims, of everything - that
they themselves are guilty of doing to the abused.
Future faking:
Abusers will attempt to keep the victims mind fixated on
a better tomorrow - so that the victims will ignore all the abuse that’s
occurring in the present.
Gaslighting:
A puzzling mind game where abusers attempt to alter the
victim’s reality - causing the targets of abuse to second guess themselves,
questioning their own ability to remember past events correctly.
Baiting:
Luring the victims into no-win situations,
arguments or fights.
Baiting is intended to invoke a negative reaction from the targets of abuse.
The abusers entertain themselves, by revelling in the chaos that ensues.
The Grey Rock:
A technique to make abusers, naturally avoid you - by
becoming the most boring version of yourself in their company. The abuser
is forced to look for a new target to abuse when starved of the much-needed
excitement.
Love-bombing:
Abusers will pedestalize you in the early stages of a
relationship, showering you with love, gifts and gaining your trust. You
will crave the love and attention when the abuser withdraws affection,
trying to relive the golden days of the relationship and failing miserably,
now trauma bonded to the abuser.
Cyberbullying:
While social media companies remain solely fixated on
yearly profit margins. Abusers enjoy the anomality afforded by the internet
and social media platforms, they create pseudonyms to mask their real
identity, thus remain unaccountable for their actions.