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Narcissist Apocalypse is a storytelling podcast that amplifies the voices of those who have experienced narcissistic abuse, coercive control, emotional abuse, domestic violence, family relationship abuse, and relationship trauma. Our guests share their stories of abuse survival, providing a source of validation, education, inspiration, and hope for those going through similar experiences. Join us and discover how you, too, can overcome the narcissist apocalypse.
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In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon Chadwick debriefs Porsha’s story and explores how emotional neglect can be mistaken for independence, especially when a child learns to disappear instead of asking for care. Brandon discusses the lost child role, parentification, covert incest, sexualized boundary violations, enabling, alcoholism as an excuse for abuse, and the painful family message of “you know how he is.” This episode is a reflection on the child who was forgotten, emotionally used, and left to manage the weather of an unsafe home. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses covert incest (non-touching child sexual abuse) and physical abuse. *** Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Porsha about growing up as the lost child in a family shaped by abuse, alcoholism, enmeshment, and covert incest. Porsha shares how she learned to stay quiet, disappear into books and activities, and survive by becoming as low-maintenance as possible. She also discusses the emotional burden of protecting a parent, the confusion of being sexualized and dismissed, and the long-term impact of being forgotten inside her own family. It's a story of the scapegoat, golden child, lost child, addiction, anxiety, CPTSD, neglect, enmeshment, covert incest, physical abuse, emotional abuse, gaslighting, enabling, enmeshment, neglect, people pleasing, self blame, generational trauma, and much more. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses covert incest (non-touching child sexual abuse) and physical abuse. *** Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, Brandon talks about plausible deniability as a manipulation tactic in abusive relationships. Instead of focusing only on excuses or denial after the fact, this episode looks at how abusers can use suggestion, guilt, shame, concern, victimhood, and the illusion of choice to shape a survivor’s behavior without ever making a direct demand. Brandon breaks down how this can show up through isolation, decision-making, body image, emotional responsibility, weaponized forgetfulness, and gaslighting. The episode also explores why this tactic can be so confusing for survivors, because the abuser may never say the controlling part out loud, while still steering the relationship exactly where they want it to go. Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the key takeaways from Louise’s story, including projection, financial dependence, post-separation abuse, and the slow erosion of reality inside a long-term abusive relationship. Louise’s story shows how an abuser’s conflicts with other people can become a warning sign, how small denials can train someone to question what they know, and how one person’s version of reality can begin to dominate the entire relationship. It also looks at how financial abuse can continue long after separation, especially when agreements, employment, legal pressure, and money are used to keep someone unstable. This debrief is about reality being worn down over time, the exhaustion of defending yourself against projection, and the clarity that can come when the relationship finally ends and the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. Louise's Website: https://www.louisewilliamsonwriter.com/ Louise's Substack SEEDS: https://louisewilliamson2.substack.com/ Louise's Instagram: louisewilliamsonwriter Louise's Tik Tok: @louisewilliamsonwrites Louise's Book: My Husband, the Rabbit Hole and Me: When Marriage Became a Cult Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Louise shares the story of a 40-year relationship with a man who always seemed to be in conflict with someone else, until that conflict finally turned toward her. At first, Louise believed she was different. He could argue with colleagues, professionals, institutions, and family members, but with her, he seemed loving, principled, and safe. Over time, Louise’s life became smaller around his needs, his career, his battles, his conspiracy thinking, and his version of reality. Louise’s story is about subtle control, financial dependence, betrayal, gaslighting, privacy violations, and the shock of realizing that the person who once made you feel chosen can later treat you like the enemy. It is also a story about records, validation, rebuilding, coercive control, emotional abuse, financial abuse, post-separation abuse, divorce abuse, legal abuse, psychological abuse, reality distortion, betrayal trauma, infidelity, conspiracy theories, financial dependence, projection, blame shifting, DARVO, enemy creation, and learning to stop blaming yourself for what you could not see at the time. Louise's Website: https://www.louisewilliamsonwriter.com/ Louise's Substack SEEDS: https://louisewilliamson2.substack.com/ Louise's Instagram: louisewilliamsonwriter Louise's Tik Tok: @louisewilliamsonwrites Louise's Book: My Husband, the Rabbit Hole and Me: When Marriage Became a Cult Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the patterns in Blanche’s story, including jealousy as coercive control, the role of an abuser’s family in reinforcing abuse, and the fear, obligation, guilt, and shame that kept Blanche in the relationship longer. Brandon also discusses how post-separation abuse can escalate after a survivor leaves, and why Blanche’s story is a powerful reminder that control often starts small before it takes over someone’s life. *** CONTENT WARNING - We discuss graphic descriptions of physical abuse, suicide threats, and death threats in this episode. *** Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Blanche about her relationship with a dangerous jealous abuser. What began as jealousy, put-downs, and questions about her past slowly became isolation, physical violence, family-enabled abuse, threats, stalking, and a fight to get free. Blanche shares how her abuser used jealousy as a reason to control what she wore, who she spoke to, where she looked, and how much freedom she had. She also explains how the abuse escalated after she became more isolated, how his family reinforced his version of reality, and how leaving led to smear campaigns, stalking, and protection orders. It's a story of vulnerability, healing abuse, coercive control, intimidation, death threats, stalking, putdowns, family enablers, smear campaigns, suicide threats, stalking, gaslighting, support, isolation, protection orders, embarrassment, shame, and escape plans. *** CONTENT WARNING - We discuss graphic descriptions of physical abuse, suicide threats, and death threats in this episode. *** Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, Brandon talks about how abusers use exhaustion as a form of control. From constant monitoring and privacy violations to fear, guilt, gaslighting, circular conversations, lack of help, and sabotage, these tactics can slowly drain a survivor’s energy, clarity, and sense of self. This episode looks at why abuse can become harder to name when you are worn down, why leaving can feel impossible when you are running on empty, and how abusers use confusion and depletion to keep the relationship centered around them. Brandon also discusses why rest, reflection, and separating your own feelings from the feelings someone else is trying to create can be an important part of getting clarity back. Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Narcissist Apocalypse is a storytelling podcast that amplifies the voices of those who have experienced narcissistic abuse, coercive control, emotional abuse, domestic violence, family relationship abuse, and relationship trauma. Our guests share their stories of abuse survival, providing a source of validation, education, inspiration, and hope for those going through similar experiences. Join us and discover how you, too, can overcome the narcissist apocalypse.
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