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

and Courtney was married to an intimidating abuser.

It's a story of vulnerability, respect, coercive control, and escalation points.

Music Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.

I am Brandon Chadwick, and me today we have Courtney. How are you?

I'm doing well. How are you? I am doing well. And if you want to be a guest like Courtney 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 you can 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 read all the instructions

and send it in the format that we ask for. And today we are going to hear Courtney's story

and a big trigger warning for this episode. There is discussion of sexual coercion in this

episode as well as physical violence, intimidation as well. So if this episode isn't for you, please turn it off

right now. And I just want to thank Courtney for being here telling a story like this with all

these different escalation points that just continue throughout this relationship, even into the

divorce and custody afterward that just kind of keeps

on going and is still going in a lot of ways. It's not an easy story to tell us. So just a big,

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