Book: Trust Your Radar: Honest Advice For Teens and Young Adults from a Surgeon, Firefighter, Police Officer, Scuba Divemaster, Golfer, and Amateur Comedian
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Dr. Susan Forward has written extensively in this area and lists the types of toxic personalities. The verbal abusers demoralize and diminish another person's self-esteem. Controllers use fear, obligation, guilt, or financial control to manipulate other's behavior. "If you really love me, you'll ..." Active punishers come right out and threaten, "If you don't do {blank}, then you will suffer." Passive punishers freeze others out with the silent treatment. Inadequate humans are needy types who focus on their own problems and demand attention and constant care. Physical abusers are incapable of controlling their deep seated rage and lash out. Sexual abusers destroy any safety in a relationship. Addicts of all types: drugs, gambling, alcoholics; come complete with huge denial, mood swings, chaos, and financial peril. Listen book-quote
