1The Empathy Survival Guide
29A Word of Truth
2Intro: Why This Guide Exists
30When the World Turns Away
3Chapter 1 – What Empathy Really Is (and Isn’t)
31What Is Radical Self-Empathy?
4The Story of My Eye
32Why Survivors Struggle to Offer It
5What Empathy Is Not
33The Building Blocks of Radical Self-Empathy
6Why This Matters
34My Story: When Self-Empathy Became Survival
7What Empathy Really Is
35Exercises for Radical Self-Empathy
8Reflection Exercise
36Why This Matters
9Closing Thoughts for Chapter 1
37Chapter 5 – Building an Empathy Radar
10Chapter 2 – The Blade Runner Test (Spotting Lack of Empathy)
38My Story: The Disappearing Act
11Why Lack of Empathy Is So Hard to Spot
39Recognizing the Signals
12My Personal Blade Runner Test
40Why the Radar Matters
13Signs of Failed Empathy Tests
41Practical Exercise: Mapping Your Radar
14Why Narcissists Fail the Test
42The Emotional Cost of Ignoring the Radar
15The Power of Recognition
43From Radar to Empowerment
16The Beginning of Freedom
44Transition to Next Chapter
17Reflection Exercise
45Chapter 6 – Empathy Warriors (Rebuilding Your Power)
18Closing Thoughts for Chapter 2
46What It Means to Be an Empathy Warrior
19Chapter 3 – The Confusion Cycle (Why Victims Stay)
47My Story: The Shift from Silence to Power
20The Hook: Love-Bombing and False Safety
48The Tools of an Empathy Warrior
21The Switch: Devaluation
49From Survivor to Builder
22The Trap: Intermittent Reinforcement
50Practical Exercise: Warrior’s Reflection
23Gaslighting: Rewriting Your Reality
51The Warrior’s Oath
24Shame and Isolation
52Transition to Outro
25Trauma Bonding
53Why Community Matters
26Why the Cycle Feels Impossible to Break
54Your Next Step
27My Story: Confusion in Real Time
55A Final Word
28Breaking the Cycle