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On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Lyric,

and Lyric was in a toxic relationship with a financial abuser.

It's a story of persistence, creating narratives, peer pressure, and the value of letting go. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.

This is a podcast that gives a voice to survivors of toxic relationships.

I am Brandon Chadwick, but my friends call me Chad, and thanks for tuning into this episode.

So what is a narcissist, you may ask? Well, for the purposes of this podcast,

we refer to a narcissist as anyone who has displayed a pattern of behavior that shows a limited

capacity to appreciate others' perspectives. It is that simple. Now, if you have not been to our

website recently and you want to be a guest on our show, go to

Narcissistapocalypse.com top of the page and there's a button there that says guest form, click

that button and away we will go from there.

But another way to be on our show is to be on our letters to my Narcissist compilation episode.

For that, also go to Narcissistapocalypse.com and click on a button on the side of the page. It says send voicemail.

You read your letter into that thing. It records up to five minutes. You need more than that.

You press it twice. It records up to 10. We are accumulating these letters for my letters to my narcissist compilation episode

number six. And if you do not want to read the letter yourself and you want me or my old pal Melissa

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