Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone. I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we will be doing a debrief on Parker's

story. It was a re-release of Parker's story. And for those of you who have not listened to Parker's story

yet, Parker grew up as a Jehovah witness in a family and religious community

where girls and women were taught to submit to male authority. Parker was sexually assaulted

by an older man who was connected to her community, and when she reported what happened,

she was not protected in the way that she should have been protected, and instead she was

questioned by male elders, publicly disciplined in the congregation,

and really left carrying a lot of shame for something that was done to her.

And when Parker was still very young, she met the man who would become her husband.

At first, he seemed understanding.

He listened to her. He comforted her.

He respected certain boundaries in the beginning. And things moved pretty quickly. She became

pregnant. She returned more deeply to the religion she was brought up in because she believed

she had a responsibility to protect her children spiritually. And over time,

her husband became more controlling. He used silence. He used anger. He used accusations. He accused her of

cheating. He really made it difficult for her to go places to talk to people or just have a life

outside of him. And eventually he became more involved in

the same religious structure that she was. And now this abuser had an other tool to use a gangster.

He could say that she was not being a good wife. He could use elders in the congregation to

pressure her. And he could turn her own beliefs against her.

And then eventually came suicide threats. He would threaten to leave. He would threaten to kill

himself. He would tell her that she made him want to die. He pulled other people into it.

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