{"product_id":"the-seasons-of-staying-why-you-lose-yourself-in-confusing-relationships-recognizing-coercive-control-and-emotional-abuse-paperback","title":"The Seasons of Staying: Why You Lose Yourself In Confusing Relationships - Recognizing Coercive Control and Emotional Abuse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Lesley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Seasons of Staying, told through poetry and short prose, unfolds in four parts: The Falling, The Staying, The Knowing, and The Rising. 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the woman still in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the woman just out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the woman still carrying it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089716039987,"sku":"9798995886600","price":23.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/nHgbff5sxD9798995886600.webp?v=1789595357","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-seasons-of-staying-why-you-lose-yourself-in-confusing-relationships-recognizing-coercive-control-and-emotional-abuse-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}