When Love Hurts: Toxic Relationships: Self-Help Guide Understanding Trauma Bonds

If you’ve ever loved someone who repeatedly hurt you…If you’ve struggled to let go of a relationship that brought more confusion than peace…If you’ve questioned your worth, ignored red flags, or confused emotional intensity with genuine love… this book was written for you.When Love Hurts: Toxic Relationships is a trauma-informed, faith-integrated healing guide designed to help readers understand the psychology behind toxic relationships, trauma bonds, limerence, attachment wounds, and emotional dependency. Written by award-winning mental health counselor and Clinical Director Wendy Tucker, MA, this transformative workbook blends clinical insight, practical exercises, nervous system education, and Biblical truth to support emotional healing and relational clarity.Inside this book, readers will discover:The difference between healthy love, attachment, limerence, and trauma bondingHow childhood experiences shape adult relationship patternsWhy toxic relationships can feel addictive and difficult to leaveThe science behind emotional attachment and nervous system dysregulationPractical tools for boundaries, emotional regulation, self-worth, and healingGuided reflections, assessments, and faith-based encouragement using KJV scripturesThis book is more than information—it is an invitation to healing.Whether you are recovering from heartbreak, emotional manipulation, unhealthy attachment, or repeated toxic relationship cycles, When Love Hurts provides compassionate guidance to help you move from confusion to clarity, from survival to healing, and from emotional chaos to peace.You are not broken.You are becoming aware.And awareness is where healing begins. Read more