Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone. I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we will be doing a follow-up to Faith's Story. We re-released Faith's Story. And for those of you who have not listened to Faith's story. Faith's story begins sharing how her parents'

divorce affected her and how that fear of being left stayed with her as she got older.

She talks about her earlier relationships that shaped the way she saw herself, including one

that became physically violent. Later, she reconnects with a man in her story, and this person

turns out to be her abuser. She knew him in college, and at first, he's this charming person,

this attentive person, and then the relationship moves quickly, and they build a life together.

They have a child, and blend their families. But over time,

this relationship becomes increasingly controlling and faith then gets pushed to give up her

independence. She becomes isolated from friends and family and just living under constant scrutiny.

And she shares how the relationship slowly became organized around

his moods, his rules, his needs for control. Arguments would start over small things and quickly

turn into rage, blame, days of a silent treatment. And Faith describes living in this home where

she had to think carefully about what she said, where she

went, how long she was out for, and how might her abuser react when she comes back. So seeing

friends became very difficult. Time to herself became a big issue. And little things, going to yoga

or taking a bath, making plans, they could lead to, like, tension in the household or just

flat out punishment. And over time, she came to believe that she was just being watched and

monitored, and this is true, and her phone was no longer just a phone. It became another way for

her abuser to track her reader messages and know who she was talking to. So her home just stopped

feeling like a place where she could relax in any way. And it became a place where she felt

managed, watched, and constantly on edge. And that is Faith's Story summed up pretty quickly

for those of you who did not hear it yet. But before we get to the key themes of Faith's

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