Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.

I am Brandon Chadwick, and today's episode is a follow-up to the re-release of Courtney's Survivor's Story.

And Courtney's story is about an intimidating abuser, about escalation points, and about divorce and custody.

And in this episode, we will be discussing our key takeaways, our key themes, and the fear,

obligation, guilt, and shame that kept Courtney in this relationship.

But before we get to that, if you want to be

a guest on our Survivor Story episodes, go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com, click on the

guest form button, fill out our form, and then press the submit button. And we also have a support

group at our website, and our support group is at Narcissistapocalypse.com.

And inside you have Zoom meetings every Wednesday night, Thursday afternoons, and Saturday nights.

We have forum boards for you to post on to get the validation that you need from survivors just like you.

It is a wonderful group of people on there, and you can make a lot of friends, too.

So join our support group today.

And to give context to Courtney's story, for who have not heard it. Courtney's story begins when she is young.

She's grieving the loss of her father and she is drawn to someone who seems to be strong,

protective, you know, ready to build a life. She needs her ex-husband through a trusted friend,

which gives this relationship, this very early sense of safety. And in the beginning,

he looks like a good partner. He's hardworking. He's helpful, family-oriented,

and really serious about the future. And they build a life together really quickly.

They fix up a home and settle into what seems like a normal young family.

So the control here started to take shape in the early years.

He took over the finances.

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