Poppi & The Controlling Demand Man | Domestic Violence & Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Poppi shares her story of surviving twenty years of abuse at the hands of her controlling husband. Poppi met her husband when they were young, and even though he was showing controlling behavior early on, she felt pressure to be with him, which felt like an obligation after he kept showing his dedication to her. But this dedication was just a mask. Poppi's husband didn't love her. He only cared about controlling her. It's a story of Intergenerational Trauma, Control, Jealousy, Anger, Isolation, Silent Treatment, Sexual Coercion, Sexual Abuse, Suicidal Ideation, Entitlement, Walking on Eggshells, Double Standards, Impossible Expectations, Moving Goal Posts, Being Good Enough, Blame Sifting, Demands, Intimidation, Sleep Deprivation, Kernels of Truth, Setting Boundaries, Future Faking, Visualization, Survival Mode, Ptsd, and Healing. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses Sexual Coercion, Sexual 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] To help out our podcast, please fill out our listener survey, click here. 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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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Poppy, and Poppy
0:06.8	was married to a goalpost moving abuser.
0:10.1	It's a story of jealousy, silent treatments, entitlement, being good enough, and survival mode.
0:17.0	Music mode. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone. I am Brandon Chadwick and with me today, we have Poppy. How are you?
0:45.8	I'm doing great, Brandon. Well, thank you for being here. And if you want to be a guest like Poppy is today,
0:52.8	please do go to our website at
0:54.2	Narcissistapocalypse.com and click on the guest form button at the top of the page.
0:59.1	And there you can read all of our instructions.
1:01.5	And please read them all and either send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse.
1:05.4	Or fill out our guest form and press the submit button.
1:09.5	And please do send it in the format that we ask for.
1:13.0	And we do have a content warning for today's episode, for today's survivor story,
1:17.2	as we do discuss sexual coercion, sexual abuse, and suicidal ideation in this episode.
1:22.7	So that is our content warning for today.
1:25.2	And today you're going to hear Poppy's story.
1:27.1	And Poppy endured 20 years of abuse from her spouse.
1:30.3	And she was having trouble recognizing that what she was dealing with was actually abuse.
1:35.9	And I know many of you out there are going to really resonate with what she has to say today.
1:41.0	So a big thank you to Poppy for being here.
1:43.5	And I'm going to get it in my way and
1:45.0	your way. Poppy, the floor is now yours. I wanted to start by saying I'm so happy to be here
1:53.7	on this podcast. I had started listening when I was still in my relationship, in my marriage with my abuser, and it really helped me a lot.
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