Books The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People: How to Reclaim Your Power from Narcissists and Other Manipulators Shahida Arabi MA

"The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People" by Shahida Arabi MA is a practical guide tailored for highly sensitive people (HSPs) and empaths who often find themselves vulnerable to toxic individuals such as narcissists, manipulators, sociopaths, and emotional vampires. The book outlines how these toxic people use manipulative tactics like gaslighting, stonewalling, projection, and love bombing to drain energy and cause emotional harm.

Arabi provides evidence-based strategies grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to help HSPs recognize toxic behaviors early, set firm boundaries, and protect their emotional well-being. The book emphasizes reclaiming personal power through self-awareness, emotional resilience, and practical tools like saying "no," limiting interactions, and making safety plans. It also explores why HSPs are magnets for toxic people due to their empathy, sensitivity, and desire to help, and how they can use their heightened intuition to avoid or disengage from harmful relationships.