Katrina & The Hostile Abusive Mother | Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Katrina about being raised by a hostile abusive mother. Katrina discusses her mother’s childhood instability, abandonment, insecurity issues, as well as the abuse she inflicted on her. Katrina recounts her own traumatic experiences, including physical and emotional abuse, and her struggle with low self-esteem and codependency. Katrina also discusses her healing journey, which involved inner child work, understanding her trauma's impact, and developing self-worth and resilience. It’s a story of physical abuse, control, rage, enabling, codependency, the healing process, self worth, emotional abuse, appearances, love addiction, hypervigilance, complex PTSD, survival mechanisms, family dynamics, and Intergenerational trauma. *** CONTENT WARNING - We discuss physical abuse in this episode. *** To buy Katrina's memoir, click here. 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 Bitch is a Bad Word | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Katrina,
0:06.8	and Katrina was raised by a hostile abuse of mother.
0:11.0	It's a story of enabling, codependency, blame shifting, emotional abuse, and the healing process.
0:36.1	Music abuse and the healing process. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone. I am Brandon Chadwick and with me today we have Katrina. How are you?
0:47.4	I am very well, Brandon. How are you? I'm doing well and thank you for asking. And if you want to be a guest like Katrina is today,
0:57.3	please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com
1:00.4	and click on the guest form button at the top of the page.
1:03.9	There you can read all of our instructions and please read them all.
1:08.1	And either send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse at gmail.com or fill out
1:13.1	our guest form and press the submit button. And please do send it in the format that we ask for.
1:18.6	And we do have a content warning for this episode, as we do mention physical abuse in this episode.
1:23.3	So that is your content warning for today. And today you're going to hear Katrina's story.
1:27.7	And this episode is a little different from the norm when it comes to our stories.
1:31.4	As most of it will involve the healing process as Katrina really wanted to help people heal
1:36.9	by sharing everything that she's done in that process.
1:40.7	So a big thank you to Katrina once again.
1:43.7	And I'm going to get out of my way and your way.
1:46.5	Katrina, the floor is now yours. My mom, gosh, she's a delight. My mother is a covert narcissist.
2:00.5	Why she chose that path, not empath, I'll never understand.
2:04.2	But that's what she is.
2:05.6	And she certainly had a very interesting start in life.
2:12.1	She was born in 1938, so you can imagine she grew up through the war.
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