Tanisha Williams

Sh!t I Learned in the Trenches

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lauryn Hill said it best: "Loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars." When it comes to this love-and-pain shit, baby, I've earned my stripes. I've endured heartbreak after heartbreak, enough to be a general in the army of the brokenhearted. I'm bruised, but still standing. And these scars don't just fade-they imprint. My scars are battle wounds. The truth is, heartbreak activates the same parts of the brain as physical pain. Even science proves it! That's why it feels like your chest caves in- like you can't breathe, like you might not survive. Here's the truth nobody told us: repeated emotional injuries alter how we perceive love. They alter our behaviors, change how we connect with others, and in the worst cases, make us fear love itself. Yes, you can have a trauma response to love! You can flinch at intimacy the way a soldier flinches at gunfire, because your nervous system has learned to equate closeness with danger. That's what I call Relationship Traumatic Stress Syndrome (RTSS). And whether we admit it or not, too many of us are walking around with it. This book is my war journal-my story of fighting through the trenches of toxic love, attachment wounds, betrayal, and self-sabotage. But it's also a survival manual for anyone who has been drafted into this same war. Because the real battle? It isn't against the people who hurt us. It's against the fears, thoughts, and patterns we've internalized along the way. This is a war of the mind, a war for the heart, a war for your peace. Inside these pages, you'll discover: How trauma disguises itself as "love" Why heartbreak feels like physical pain in the brain and body What RTSS looks like in real time-and how to know if you're carrying it Survival strategies to stop the cycle of self-sabotage A path toward healing, wholeness, and loving safely again You are not broken. You are not weak. You are a soldier, bruised but unbowed. And now, it's time to stop fighting blind. It's time to suit up with strategy, reclaim your power, and finally win the war within.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vision Publishing House
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 433g
• ISBN-13: 9798993366722
• Artikelnr.: 75687271

Autorenporträt

Tanisha Williams, also known as the Streets' Favorite Therapist, was born and raised in Baltimore City, coming from a broken home that taught me both the ache of abandonment and the resilience it takes to survive. I know what it feels like to confuse chaos with chemistry, to mistake pain for passion, and to lose yourself trying to be chosen. Those early battles left me scarred, but they also gave me a mission.I earned my Master's in Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling and became a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor because I wanted to turn my pain into purpose. I didn't just study healing in textbooks-I lived it in real time. Today, I help individuals and families navigate trauma, addiction, and relationships while continuing to walk my own journey of growth.I also founded the HGIC (Healed Gangsta's in Charge) Community, a movement for women who, like me, survived the trenches of toxic love and are ready to choose peace over performance, clarity over chaos, and wholeness over wounds.My debut book, Sh!t I Learned in the Trenches: Love and Trauma-The Survival Guide for Women Who Been Through It, is both my testimony and a survival guide. It's raw, unfiltered, and rooted in truth-naming the impact of Relationship Traumatic Stress Syndrome (RTSS) while offering tools to finally heal and love safely.The real flex isn't surviving the trenches. The real flex is graduating from them.