Johana & The Weaponizing Egotistical Narcissist | Domestic Violence & Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this week's abuse survivor story, Johana discusses her three year abusive relationship. Like many narcissistic abuse survivor stories, it all started with love bombing. And once the love bombing was complete, Johana's abuser had complete control as the truth teller in her world. From there, Johana's abuser started to weaponize his culture, and he began to employ every tactic in the power and control wheel. Isolation. Intimidation. Checking-in. Male privilege. Minimization. Denial. Blame. Gaslighting. Animal abuse. Financial abuse, Showcasing weapons. Putdowns. Johana's abuser used them all, and thankfully, Johana is still alive today and able to tell her story. It's a story of belief systems, using culture as a weapon, coping mechanisms, the power-control wheel, getting your voice back, animal abuse, physical abuse, addiction, guilt, coercive control, jealousy, intimidation, minimization, gaslighting, isolation, toxic masculinity, weapons, slamming doors, putdowns, competency, doubt, financial abuse, Disney, self esteem, self confidence, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, self love, getting your voice back, trust issues, rage, anger, being assertive, making yourself small, and trauma. *** CONTENT WARNING - Physical Abuse, Animal Abuse, & Suicidal Ideation/Attempts are discussed 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 To help out our podcast, please fill out our listener survey, click here. SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSOR: To receive 35% off Cozy Earth bedding, loungewear, and everything site wide, use the code "NAP" at Cozyearth.com 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. If you need help moving due to domestic violence, Shelter Movers may be able to help you. They operate by referral. Clients may be referred by any person of authority (social worker, doctor, police, crisis counselor, teacher, etc.) or public agency (shelter, hospital, school, workplace, place of worship, sexual assault centre, etc.). To reach them, click here. 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

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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Johanna,
0:08.1	and Johanna was in a physically abusive relationship with an egotistical narcissist.
0:13.5	It's a story of belief systems, using culture as a weapon, coping mechanisms, the power and control wheel,
0:46.7	and getting your voice back. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.
0:53.0	I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today, we have Johanna.
0:53.9	How are you? I'm good. How about you? I am well and thank you for being a
0:59.9	guest on our show today. And if you want to be a guest like Johanna is today, please do go to
1:05.7	our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com. Top of the page, there's a button that says guest
1:10.8	form. When you click on that button, there's a button that says guest form.
1:11.2	When you click on that button, it takes you to our guest form page.
1:15.0	And there you can read all of our instructions and either send us an email at Narcissist
1:19.0	Apocalypse at gmail.com or fill out our guest form and press the submit button.
1:23.3	And please do send it in the format that we ask for.
1:26.6	And today there is a content warning on this
1:29.8	episode as we do discuss animal abuse in this episode. Physical abuse is discussed in this
1:35.9	episode. It is graphic physical abuse description as well as suicidal ideation suicide attempt is discussed in this episode as well.
1:47.9	So that is your content warning for today.
1:51.4	And this episode, a lot of it has to do with using culture as a weapon.
1:56.7	We've had episodes before where ethnicity was used as in a weapon.
2:00.5	An episode we've done a long time ago where someone who was hearing impaired used that as a
2:06.6	weapon.
2:07.3	In this episode, the culture is used as a weapon.
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