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Learn to easily recognize narcissistic abuse in conversation, as well as the telltale signs of it often seen in its victims. Through a seemingly innocent relationship between a man and his tree stump, the beast is revealed - line by eerie line. A little awareness can go a long way when it comes to protecting yourself from this voracious, soul-destroying, yet almost invisible societal monster. For those of you with teenage sons and daughters or other loved ones who are starting to date, The Giving Stump will educate them to the myriad of manipulations often used covert abusers on unsuspecting and trusting victims. This has the potential to save them a lifetime of romantic relationship agony.Narcissistic abuse is so embedded in our culture that most people don't recognize it - even when it showed up in a wildly popular and adored classic children's book of the 1960s: The Giving Tree, which is still one of the most popular, praised, and widely-read children books to date. As you may have surmised, The Giving Stump is written in response to Shel Silverstein's beloved classic, The Giving Tree. Here is a quick summary of The Giving Tree: Tree deeply loves the boy (a grown man), and generously gives him all of her apples, branches, and trunk in futile efforts to make him happy. The Boy takes all of it from her, without even a simple "Thank you." Tree is eventually reduced to a stump. He sits on her. The end.... and where The Giving Stump begins.What happens to a stump who continues to give to a man who lacks both empathy and gratitude? Well, it ain't pretty! The Giving Stump tells this very un-pretty tale, giving readers essential awareness as to what covert mental abuse actually looks like. *ow! eeh! ooh! ahh! uhh! * That's gonna hurt! However painful, such awareness is craved by so many empathic, well-meaning people - desperate for answers as to what dark, invisible "force" mysteriously holds them to their respective shit lives. The Giving Stump story section contains a