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

and Hans was married to a coercive controlling abuser.

It's a story of intergenerational trauma, dissociation, financial abuse, public personas,

manipulation, and post-separation abuse. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.

I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today, we have Hans.

How are you?

Hi, Brandon.

I'm doing well. Thanks for having me here. I'm really thankful to be

able to tell my story, and I'm thankful for your time and attention here. Well, thank you, Hans,

for being here with us today. And if you want to be a guest like Hanses today, please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com. Top of the page, there is a button that says guest form. When you click on that button, it takes you to our guest form page. And there you can read all of our instructions and either send us an email at Narcissistapocalypse at gmail.com or fill out our guest form and press to submit

button and please do send it in the format that we ask for. And today, there is no content

warning for today's episode. And I just really want to thank Hans for being here with us today.

We don't have that many episodes when it comes to men. We've had a lot of men send in their stories lately,

and this is just one of them, so this will be one of many that are coming. We've had a lot of men

that wanted more men's stories. And Hans got a hold of me. Hans really didn't know if he

was the problem in his marriage at all.

And at the end of the conversation, my initial conversation, it was like, Hans, you're a good person.

And I can't thank him enough for being here with us today and sharing his story.

And now, without further ado, Hans, the floor is now yours.

Okay, so hi, my name is Hans, and we'll start off with my childhood experience.

I ended up in a long-term narcissistic relationship, and therefore, I think in my childhood

it's important to go over some of the traumas that I had that sort of brought me to the place

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