Celia & The Controlling Religious Father | Narcissistic Abuse

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4.7 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Celia about her controlling narcissistic father. Celia shares her experiences growing up in a narcissistic family environment, marked by her father's transition from drug addiction to a fervent Christian faith, which led to further control and guilt within the family. Celia detailed her role as the scapegoat, her brother's golden child status, and the lack of support from her mother. It's a story of fear, obligation, guilt, never being good enough, family dynamics, unconditional love, trust, shame, putdowns, scapegoats, alcoholism, intergenerational trauma, never being grateful enough, vindictiveness, jealousy, worshipping, religion as control, narcissist extensions, not being allowed to express or have needs, religious beliefs, control, and pattern breaking. If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@gmail.com 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

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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Celia,
0:08.2	and Celia was raised by a controlling religious father.
0:12.2	It's a story of intergenerational trauma, scapegoats, fear, obligation, guilt, and breaking free.
0:43.5	Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.
0:49.1	I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today, we have Celia.
0:50.0	How are you?
0:51.9	Doing well.
0:52.5	How about you?
1:11.6	I'm doing well. Thank you for asking. And thank you for being here. And if you want to be a guest like Celia is today, please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com and click on the guest form button at the top of the page. There you can read all of our instructions and please read them all. And either send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse at gmail.com or fill out our guest form and press the submit
1:16.8	button and please do send it in the format that we ask for. And we do not have any content
1:22.8	warning for this episode. There's no content warning for this survivor story. And today you're going to
1:28.4	hear Celia's story. And Celia was raised in a family system where religious control was big after her
1:35.5	dad became a born-again Christian. But he didn't do the actual work to become a better person.
1:41.3	And outside of church, which he was performative at, he wasn't very Christian-like when
1:46.5	it came to his family. He used the religion to, you know, control instead of love. And I know
1:53.9	many of you will be validated by Celia's story today, so I can't thank her enough for being here.
1:59.8	And now I'm going to get out of my way and
2:01.6	your way. Celia, the floor is now yours. Okay. Well, firstly, I wanted to share this story because
2:11.8	listening to podcasts like Narcissist Apocalypse really helped me identify what was going on in my family.
2:21.1	And I really found that so many of the narcissists stories often are in romantic relationships.
2:29.5	And when I was starting to hear more family stories, parental stories, it just made me feel
2:39.2	not insane and not alone. And I've been listening for several years and kind of had a goal of
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