Confusion Was The Strategy: Healing After Narcissistic Abuse Without Losing Yourself

By Sheryl D Roberts

After a narcissistic relationship, the confusion often lingers long after the person is gone.
Recovery can feel like trying to think clearly while walking through fog.

In Confusion Was the Strategy, Sheryl Roberts offers a trauma-informed guide for anyone seeking clarity after emotional manipulation and long-term narcissistic abuse.

This book explains how confusion is intentionally created to maintain control - and how that confusion can continue even after the relationship ends. With compassion and clarity, it helps you understand trauma bonds, gaslighting, and self-doubt, while gently guiding you back to your own inner compass.

Inside, you'll explore:

Why narcissistic manipulation feels so disorienting

How trauma bonds keep you stuck in confusion

Ways to rebuild self-trust from a place of safety

How to break free from overthinking, rumination, and self-blame

You don't have to stay lost in someone else's distortion of reality.
You can heal - and feel like yourself again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMT1YY9K
• ISBN13: 9798247497448
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"