Cam & The Physically Abusive Religious Narcissist - Domestic Violence, Narcissistic Abuse, Coercive Control

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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4.7 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Cam grew up under the intense scrutiny of a high-control religion. From the relentless bullying at school to the physical abuse he experienced at home, Cam couldn't take it anymore and eventually ran away. Cam opens up about his indoctrination into the Jehovah's Witness religion, how it led him into an abusive relationship, and how the toxic dynamics prevented him from leaving his marriage. It's a story of people pleasing, being good enough, gaslighting, financial abuse, indoctrination, spiritual abuse, PTSD, divorce, putdowns. physical abuse, suicidal ideation, self harm, anger, rage, loneliness, child abuse, Star Trek, shunning, and the healing process. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses Child Abuse, Child Physical Abuse, Physical Abuse, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, and Self Harm. If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@gmail.com To help out our podcast, please fill out our listener survey, click here. Thank you to our sponsor FACTOR. To get delicious fresh healthy meals delivered to your door and ready in 2 minutes, go to Factor at https://www.factormeals.com/nap50 and use promo code NAP50 to get 50% off. Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. If you need help moving due to domestic violence, Shelter Movers may be able to help you. They operate by referral. Clients may be referred by any person of authority (social worker, doctor, police, crisis counselor, teacher, etc.) or public agency (shelter, hospital, school, workplace, place of worship, sexual assault centre, etc.). To reach them, click here. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/ Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Join our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA

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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Cam,
0:06.7	and Cam was married to a physically abusive narcissist.
0:10.4	It's a story of child abuse, people pleasing, being good enough, coercive control,
0:15.8	and Jehovah's Witnesses.
0:36.6	Thank you. Jehovah's Witnesses. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.
0:41.8	I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today, we have Cam.
0:47.5	How are you?
0:49.1	I'm well.
0:49.9	How about you?
0:50.9	I am doing well.
0:52.7	Thank you for asking.
0:54.0	And if you want to be a guest like Cam 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 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.
1:12.5	And please do send it in the format that we ask for and we're always looking for more stories.
1:17.2	So please do send in your stories.
1:19.5	And a content warning for this episode as this episode discusses child abuse, childhood, physical abuse. There's also physical abuse as an
1:30.4	adult in this story as well. We have graphic descriptions of it in this episode. We also have
1:37.6	mention of suicidal ideation, a suicide attempt, and self-harm in this episode. So that is your content warning for this episode.
1:47.4	And today you're going to hear Cam's story, and we have not had a lot of men on the show.
1:52.2	So I just want to thank Cam for being our guest today.
1:56.4	And, you know, Cam is currently wearing his Star Trek shirt.
2:02.6	He's a big, big, big Star Trek fan, as you will hear throughout his story.
2:07.6	I just really want to thank him once again for being here,
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