Kara & The Controlling Abuser | Domestic Violence & Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Kara shares her harrowing journey of abuse and trauma, starting from childhood sexual and religious abuse religious abuse in a fundamentalist home. She detailed her marriage to an abusive partner, his control over her life, and her eventual escape. Kara describes her struggles with PTSD, depersonalization, and dissociation, and her healing process through therapy, exercise, and writing. It's a story of religious beliefs, control, gaslighting, put downs, dehumanization, intimidation, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, animal abuse, breaking free, CPTSD, mental health, dissociation, chronic guilt, cognitive dissonance, suicidal ideation, and self-advocacy. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, animal abuse, and suicidal ideation. *** If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please ⁠click here⁠ or send us an email at [email protected] PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS: Perfect Prey With Dr. Christine Cocchiola | ⁠Click Here⁠ The Covert Narcissism Podcast | ⁠Click Here⁠ Something Was Wrong | ⁠Click Here⁠ When Dating Hurts Podcast | ⁠Click Here⁠ 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Kara, and Kara was married to a controlling abuser.
0:40.7	It's a story of religious abuse, intergenerational trauma, sexual abuse, everyone.
1:12.8	I am Brandon Chadwick.
1:15.6	And with me today, we have Kara.
1:16.5	How are you?
1:18.7	I am doing well.
1:22.1	I like to say I'm spastic but happy.
1:25.2	Well, I'm happy that you're happy.
1:27.8	And if you want to be a guest like Kara is today,
1:31.4	please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com and click on the guest form button at the top of the page.
1:34.9	There you can read all of our instructions and please read them all.
1:38.1	And either send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse at gmail.com
1:41.9	or fill out our guest form and press the submit button and please do send it
1:46.2	in the format that we ask for. And we do have a content warning for this episode as we do discuss
1:51.7	animal abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and physical abuse in this episode. So that is your
1:57.4	content warning for today. And today you're going to hear Kara's story.
2:01.7	And Kara has lived a life filled with trauma starting at home with her mom. Then it came from
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