Selected Books
Readers interested in the broader framework of my body of work may consult the following books, which integrate aphantasia, abuse, trauma, coercive control, personality disorders, developmental theory, artificial intelligence, the epistemology of harm, and beyond.
Memoirs and Novels
Not Born to Write: Aphantasia and the Unsustainable Cost of Endurance
A Life in Words: The Portrait of Aphantasic Trauma – A True Novel
Aphantasia, Theory of Mind, and AI
A Fantastic Theory of Mind: On Aphantasia, Simulation, and the Illusion of Knowing Others
Pathologically Human: The Empathy of Aphantasics in the Predatory Field of Narcissism
The Language of Illusion: How Aphantasia, Trauma, and AI’s Semantic Distortion of Objective Reality Collide
Wait, People Can Actually See Things in Their Minds? Aphantasia, Anauralia, Anendophasia, and the Blind Spot in Cognitive Science
Narcissistic Abuse, Trauma, and Coercive Control
The Dress on the Balcony: What Committed Itself to Me About Narcissists, Their Victims, and the Game Nobody Wins
The Aliens Among Us: What Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse Already Know
No Secret, No Shortcut: The Toxic Positivity of Narcissistic Abuse and Trauma Recovery — The Aphantasia Edge
The Help That Breaks: Covert Narcissistic Abuse, Coercive Control, Complex PTSD, and Anhedonia through Aphantasia and Anauralia
Personality Disorders, Neurodivergence, and Diagnostic Displacement
Atlas Complex: Why Your Body Is Breaking Down and Your Guilt Never Stops—A New Understanding of Trauma That Looks Like Strength
From Narcissism to Histrionics: Neurodivergent Insights in Cluster B and the Comorbid Spectrum of Dark Personality Disorders
Narcissism, ADHD, and Autism: Why Cluster B and Psychopathic Abuse Get Excused as Neurodivergence
Developmental Theory
Adultomorphism: A Structural Critique of the Ontological Misreading of Infancy and the Absurdity of Developmental Psychology’s Relational Premise
Trauma, Social Critique, Culture, and Literary Case Studies
GASLIT: The Beautiful Lie of Humanistic Psychology about Humanism and Abuse
The Anatomy of Absolution: Victim Blaming as the Protection of Abusers in Clinical, Social, and Spiritual Contexts
The Body Keeps the Scorecard: The Trauma of Endurance, Toxic Love, and Sade’s Chair at Eurovision 2026
When Conscience Lost the Vote: Coercive Control, Mental Health, and the Rebranding of Domination as Empowerment
For a list of my open-access research papers, visit this link:
Scholar Archives
Academia: https://academia.edu/CristinaGherghelResearch
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De Opere Aperto
This body of work remains open, unfinished, and continuously developing.
The research operates rhizomatically across cognitive science, behavioral ethology, psychology, psychopathology, trauma studies, game theory, neurodevelopment, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, developmental analysis, gestalt-oriented inquiry, and interdisciplinary investigations into perception, identity, and consciousness.
If you wish to support the continuation of this independent research, you may do so through the following avenues:
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Read and engage with the published work
Books and essays span trauma studies, personality disorders, developmental psychology, neurodivergence, aphantasia, philosophical critique, and literary explorations of the human condition. Available through major platforms, including Amazon: https://amzn.to/49PeJGb -
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Watch research videos on aphantasia and neurodivergence
Visual essays and discussions focused on Panmodal Aphantasia, perception, cognition, and neurodivergent experience: https://www.youtube.com/@asensoria
Expert Consultations and Artificial Intelligences Datasets
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Author-led consultations on Panmodal Aphantasia and trauma
Sessions for professionals, researchers, clinicians, or individuals engaging directly with the original research presented in Aphantasia Is Not an Advantage in Long-Term Abuse: https://payhip.com/b/N8AJ2 -
Consultations on naturalistic adversarial AI interaction
Analytical discussions concerning AI-mediated communication, behavioral patterning, adversarial conversational structures, and cognitive asymmetries emerging in human–AI interaction: https://payhip.com/CristinaGherghel
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Cristina Gherghel
Thank you again for reading and supporting my career as a writer and researcher.
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