{"product_id":"the-seasons-of-staying-why-you-lose-yourself-in-confusing-relationships-recognizing-coercive-control-and-emotional-abuse","title":"The Seasons of Staying: Why You Lose Yourself in Confusing Relationships: Recognizing Coercive Control and Emotional Abuse","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt doesn’t happen all at once. You thought it was love—because it was designed that way. You didn’t miss the signs; they were buried. He needed you confused. Because a confused woman doesn’t leave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Seasons of Staying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, told through poetry and short prose, unfolds in four parts: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Falling, The Staying, The Knowing, and The Rising.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e It traces the patterns of emotional abuse inside a coercive control relationship—from love bombing to gaslighting, isolation, and trauma bonding—through the loss of self and the slow return of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the subtle shift you didn’t see coming. The way your world quietly grew smaller, until one day you looked up and didn’t recognize yourself anymore. It was built to feel like the one thing you’d always wanted. And the harm was quiet enough to make you question yourself instead of what was happening to you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is for the woman who felt something was wrong but didn’t understand it. For the woman who stayed—because leaving is never as simple as it looks from the outside. For the one still trying to make sense of it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the woman still in it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the woman just out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the woman still carrying it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichelle Lesley is a registered nurse with over 25 years of experience. Her clinical background gave her an understanding of mental health and human behavior. What she learned afterward is that knowledge alone doesn't protect you from experiencing psychological abuse. She has lived at the intersection of mental health, domestic violence, and coercive control firsthand. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Seasons of Staying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her debut book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913445040319,"sku":"abcbec39-392e-4755-9fba-1752851999f7","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/017cb73a5b9c60ba7c2e9d5f5bd1498d.jpg?v=1785047365","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-seasons-of-staying-why-you-lose-yourself-in-confusing-relationships-recognizing-coercive-control-and-emotional-abuse","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}