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Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Living in the Fog: Reflections on Kris’s Story

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

Relationships, Education, True Crime, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.7792 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this Narcissist Apocalypse reflection episode, we return to Kris’s survivor story to explore what it means to live in the fog of fear, obligation, and guilt. We look at how these forces quietly keep survivors tethered long after the abuse, and why clarity often comes slowly, not all at once. This episode is about naming what lingered — and beginning to loosen its hold.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.

0:08.2

I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we are going to do a follow-up to Chris's episode that just came out.

0:16.7

And this is going to be an educational follow-up based upon everything that we heard in that

0:22.9

episode. I'll be giving you an analogy of that episode. And then we're going to point out the

0:28.1

fear, obligation, guilt, and shame that occurred for Chris during her story, during her life

0:36.3

as a whole.

0:43.4

And before we get to that, if you want to be a guest like Chris was the other day,

0:47.5

then go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com.

0:50.5

Inside there, you'll see that we have a guest form.

0:52.5

Click on the guest form button, fill up the form,

0:55.0

or just send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse at p.m.m.m. And also, we have a newsletter, and our newsletter has five

1:03.9

things inside. Actually, it's six things inside. Five things are kind of five points that you might

1:10.0

want to know about the previous

1:11.3

week's episode for this episode that are a little different than what you're about to hear today.

1:16.3

And then we also have a reflection worksheet as well as the six thing that is downloadable.

1:22.2

It is all for free. So if you want to join our newsletter, go to our website. It is on the front page of our website, sign up for the newsletter, or click on the newsletter

1:33.6

button in our show notes today.

1:36.5

And it is all free, and people find it all very, very useful so far.

1:42.7

So today we're going to be talking about Chris's story.

1:47.5

And at first here, I'm just going to give you an analogy for Chris's story as a whole.

1:53.3

So imagine you are a bright, colorful fish living in a cramped cloudy fish bowl.

2:05.1

The water's always swirling from someone tapping on the glass and sometimes it just feels like rocks come flying out of nowhere and you dream of swimming

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