On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Anna Perna,

and Anna Perna was in a relationship with a gaslighting physical abuser.

It's a story of being seen, victim playing, identity erosion, and physical abuse.

Welcome, everyone.

I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today, we have Anna Perna.

How are you? I'm doing well. How are you? I'm doing well. Thank you for asking.

And if you want to be a guest like Anna Perna is today, please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com.

Top of the page, there's a button that says guest form.

When you click on that button, it takes you to our guest form page. There you can read all of our instructions. And either send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse at gmail.com or fill out our guest form and press the submit button. And please do send it in the format that we ask for. and today you are going to hear Anna Perna's story and a big content warning for this story as we do discuss physical abuse in two parts of this story. And they

are graphic descriptions of physical abuse. So please be aware of that. And that is your content

warning for this episode.

And, you know, just a really big thanks to Anna Perna for being here. And now I'm going to get

out of my way and your way. Anna Perna, the floor is now yours.

Thank you.

So I guess we'll start about me.

I grew up in southern Arizona.

I was extremely lucky to grow up in a two-parent household.

My parents were together for over 30 years.

I'm technically the baby of the family, and I'm still technically an only child.

I have a different mother than my older brothers and my older sister.

I grew up in a stable home.

I think we only moved like one twice, one twice, um, moving out and moving back in. That's when our home was being built.

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