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Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Elizabeth & The Pain of the Hard Discard - Narcissist Abuse, Financial Abuse, PTSD

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

Education, Relationships, Self-improvement, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.7 • 792 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Brandon talks with Elizabeth about her abusive relationship with a wolf in sheep's clothing and the devastating effects it had on her psyche. They discuss the difficulty of suffering in silence, shame, validation, financial abuse, PTSD, and the pain of a hard discard. It's a visceral episode. - This is also a classic episode that helped shape our podcast and Brandon discusses the importance of Elizabeth in shaping the shows format. *** Trigger Warning - We discuss suicidal ideation in this episode. *** If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@gmail.com Thank you to our sponsor NOBODY SHOULD BELIEVE ME PODCAST. I loved this podcast. And you can find the podcast website by clicking here or at Apple Podcasts by clicking here. You can reach the host Andrea Dunlop at her website by clicking here or you can reach her on Instagram by clicking here. Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. 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.  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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:25.6

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

0:32.2

and Elizabeth was in an abusive relationship with an altruistic narcissist.

0:37.0

It's a story of emotional abuse, addiction, hoovering, and healing. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.

1:07.2

I am Brandon Chadwick, and today you are going to hear a classic episode. It is an early episode from the year 2019. And this episode is with someone named Elizabeth, an abuse survivor named Elizabeth. And Elizabeth is going to be coming back to do a follow-up episode

1:30.1

in a couple of weeks, in a few, two or three weeks. So I thought it was best to put this episode,

1:37.9

put this episode out again for people who have not heard this episode before. And, you know, in the history of this show, Elizabeth was an episode where I didn't know if I was

1:54.6

going to be putting it out.

1:56.1

I was very wary of putting it out because I was really didn't know what I was doing at the time when

2:03.0

creating the show. And there was no format at all. And you'll notice in the show that the

2:09.7

format of the show is completely different from what it is now. And the one thing that I did learn was that, you know, Elizabeth was talking from, you know,

2:25.8

it was all emotion. And the emotions were so overwhelming that I thought it was going to

2:32.8

trigger a lot of people.

2:34.5

And I didn't know whether to put this episode out because, as I said before, I didn't really

2:38.4

know what I was doing.

2:39.5

And I was concerned about the outcome and how people would take it if it was just going to

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