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On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named July, and July was in a

controlling relationship with a physical abuser.

It's a story of anxious attachment,

communication manipulation, avoiding confrontation, toxic masculinity, sexual coercion,

and the support of your friends. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone. I am Brandon Chadwick and with me today, we have July. How are you?

I'm doing well. I'm happy to be here. How are you? I am doing well. And for those of you that want to be a guest on our show like July is today,

please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com. Top of the page, there's a button that says

guest form. When you click on that button, it takes you to our guest form page, read all the

instructions. There's a lot of instructions.

Either send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse at gmail.com or press the submit button on the guest form page after you fill it in.

And today's story has a couple of trigger warnings.

July's story has a physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual coercion that we

discuss.

So if this is not for you, please turn this episode off.

So that is the trigger warning for today.

And a really big thank you to July for being here because I like having on our show therapists, people in the mental health field, just to show that this can happen to anyone and that there's no shame that these things happen, that you're in abusive relationships.

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