Carrie & The Gaslighting Narcissist | Domestic Violence & Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Carrie shares her story about marrying a controlling Mr. Right, who financially abuses and gaslights her into oblivion. After leaving her first marriage, Carrie began dating her future second husband and was instantly smitten. He was the opposite of her first husband, and to Carrie, she thought that meant safe. However, the gaslighting and financial abuse ramped up with every pregnancy, which further trapped Carrie within the relationship. It's a story of the hero complex, anorexia, addiction, gaslighting, financial abuse, trauma, community support, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual coercion, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, cptsd, cancer, mental health, ocd, empathy, entitlement, threats, being good enough, crazy making, minimization, and double standards. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual coercion, sexual assault, and suicidal ideation *** If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at [email protected] To help out our podcast, please fill out our listener survey, click here. PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS: Perfect Prey With Dr. Christine Cocchiola | Click Here The Covert Narcissism Podcast | Click Here Something Was Wrong | Click Here When Dating Hurts Podcast | Click Here 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Carrie,
0:07.1	and Carrie was married to a controlling Mr. Wright.
0:11.0	It's a story of the hero complex, anorexia, gaslighting, financial abuse, trauma, and community support.
0:43.1	Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.
0:48.6	I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today we have Carrie.
0:49.5	How are you?
0:53.1	I am surprisingly very nervous.
0:59.3	I'm very nervous today. And you do your own podcast. So, you know,
1:05.2	it's different when you're on, on this end. It is so different on the other side. And it's different because it's also, I mean, I'm very, being very vulnerable with you today. So that's, you know,
1:09.1	I'm a little nervous.
1:16.7	Well, thank you for being here. And if you want to be a guest like Carrie is today,
1:22.6	please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com and click on the guest form button at the top of the page. And there you can read all of our instructions. And please read them all and either
1:27.2	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.
1:37.5	And there is a content warning for this episode as we do graphically discuss sexual coercion and abuse, suicidal ideation, physical abuse,
1:46.1	and a graphic description of a car accident. So that is your content warning for today.
1:52.6	And today you're going to hear Carrie's story. And Carrie was married to someone who had an
1:58.2	addiction, but this was a food addiction in an anorexia case, anorexia
2:03.3	nervosa, and a lack of food. And there's a lot of mental health stuff going on, but there's
2:08.9	also abuse going on as well. And Carrie went through a lot. Her family has been through a lot,
2:14.4	and it is big traumas and little traumas, some life and death situations,
2:19.1	not related to the abuser, just a lot going on in this marriage and with the family. So just a big
2:25.5	thank you to Carrie for being here with us. And now I'm going to get out of my way and your way.
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