Break free from toxic trauma bonds and reclaim a happier, healed life with this self-help memoir. <p><br></p><p>You never forget your first kiss, your first love...or your first trauma bond.</p><p>Emotionally battered and neglected by her personality disordered parents - and manipulated by Mormon beliefs - 16-year-old Sarah was convinced her boyfriend Michael would save her. When her parents discovered that they'd committed the sin of premarital sex, the aftermath left the teenagers irrevocably bonded. </p><p>Your trauma bond might feel like true love - or an obligation to repair or heal a relationship - but that toxic connection is a shackle, trapping you in the pain of your past. Break free and reclaim the happy, authentic life you deserve.</p><p>With humor, grace, and untamed honesty, therapist Sarah Westbrook shares a 25-year journey of navigating relationships impacted by abuse and trauma. Part confessional memoir, part self-help guide for survivors, <strong><em>Trauma Bonded</em></strong><em> </em>pairs her extraordinary story of recovery with mental health insights for overcoming toxic relationships, healing from childhood trauma, and finding peace after complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD). </p><p>You'll discover: </p><ul><li>A unique perspective of c-PTSD through adolescence, marriage, affairs, and motherhood.</li><li>The role of chronic traumatic experiences in attachment styles and the neuroscience in the development of trauma bonds.</li><li>Why trauma