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When Reality Breaks

Understanding Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance and Healing After Psychological Abuse

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When Reality Breaks

By: David Spark
Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
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When Reality Breaks explores what happens when psychological abuse quietly fractures your sense of self.

If you left a relationship knowing something was wrong, yet still doubt your memory, judgment, or reactions, this audiobook is for you. Psychological abuse is often subtle and destabilizing, unfolding through contradiction rather than cruelty, slowly eroding trust in your own perception.

This inner conflict is called Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance, the result of prolonged manipulation, emotional invalidation, and distorted responsibility. It affects how you think, feel, and understand yourself, long after the relationship ends.

Rather than focusing on labels or diagnoses, this audiobook explains the relational dynamics that disrupt self trust and why healing can feel confusing. You will learn why clarity does not return immediately, how your mind adapted to survive, and how to restore trust in yourself, rebuild boundaries, and reconnect without fear.

You are not broken.

You were not imagining things.

Healing begins with understanding what disrupted you and reclaiming the clarity that was taken from you.

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