Faith & The Charismatic Controlling Abuser - Narcissist Abuse, Domestic Violence, IPV, Emotional Abuse.

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Brandon talks with Faith about her toxic relationship with a charismatic controlling abuser. It's a story of self-worth, emotional manipulation, hidden recorders, tracking devices, and figuring out 'why we stay.' Plus they discuss, financial abuse, manipulation tactics, codependency, love bombing, gaslighting, restraining orders, healing relationships with your children, guilt, shame, and much more. *** Trigger Warning - This episode does discuss and describe physical abuse. *** Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas. 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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0:26.4	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Faith,
0:33.2	and Faith was in a controlling relationship with a charismatic abuser.
0:38.1	It's a story of self-worth, emotional manipulation,
0:42.6	hidden recorders, tracking devices,
0:45.9	and figuring out why we stay. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone. With me today, I have Faith. How are you?
1:18.4	I'm good, thanks. How are you? I am doing well. And I just realized on my own Zoom right here that I forgot to take my background off.
1:29.4	And it's like the San Francisco Bay.
1:31.8	Usually when I do the calls, I just blur the background.
1:35.0	And for a support group, I put the backgrounds on.
1:38.3	Yeah.
1:38.7	I completely forgot to now.
1:40.2	So I'm a little bit of embarrassed.
1:41.8	No, I like it.
1:44.1	Hopefully this relaxed you, this view that you're looking at right now.
1:48.1	Definitely.
1:48.7	I thought it was on purpose.
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