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The Trust Fall: When Common Sense Takes a Nosedive

by Zahra Habib , Tahira Yousaf
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798346207726
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 130
  • Original Price: USD 15.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 137 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Personal Growth / General

We have all been there: placing our trust in someone, only to realise too late that we misjudged their intentions. But what if the problem is not just them? What if it is the way we understand trust itself?

In The Trust Fall, Prof. Dr. Tahira Yousaf and Zahra Habib break down the psychological triggers, emotional traps, and cognitive biases that cause us to trust the wrong people. Drawing on over two decades of clinical psychology practice and the kind of insight that only comes from lived experience, this book explores how manipulation works, why charm is so effective at disabling our judgement, and what it actually takes to protect yourself without closing off entirely.

This is not a book about becoming suspicious of everyone. It is a book about becoming clear-eyed. About understanding why intelligent, capable people get deceived, what the patterns look like before the damage is done, and how to rebuild both your trust in others and your trust in yourself after it has been broken.

You will learn to recognise the personality types that consistently damage trust, from narcissists and sociopaths to gaslighters and chronic manipulators, and understand why they operate the way they do. You will understand what your emotions are doing to your judgement in real time, and how fear, love, and guilt are used as instruments of control. You will find out when a broken trust can genuinely be rebuilt and when walking away is the more honest choice. And you will come away with a clearer, more grounded sense of what your own judgement is worth, and why it deserves to be trusted.

Written for anyone who has ever wondered how they missed the signs, anyone currently questioning whether what they are experiencing is normal, and anyone who wants to make better decisions about who deserves access to them.

Trust is not a leap of faith. It is a conclusion. This book shows you how to reach the right one.

Prof. Dr. Tahira Yousaf is a Senior Consultant Clinical Psychologist, founder of the Psychological Help Centre in Karachi, and Professor at Bahria University's Institute of Professional Psychology. Zahra Habib is a writer, author, and content strategist based in Karachi. The Trust Fall is their second book together.

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