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Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Rerelease: Plausible Deniability and the Power of Suggestion in Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

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

4.7792 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, Brandon talks about plausible deniability as a manipulation tactic in abusive relationships. Instead of focusing only on excuses or denial after the fact, this episode looks at how abusers can use suggestion, guilt, shame, concern, victimhood, and the illusion of choice to shape a survivor’s behavior without ever making a direct demand. Brandon breaks down how this can show up through isolation, decision-making, body image, emotional responsibility, weaponized forgetfulness, and gaslighting. The episode also explores why this tactic can be so confusing for survivors, because the abuser may never say the controlling part out loud, while still steering the relationship exactly where they want it to go.

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0:00.0

On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, everyone.

0:33.1

I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we're going to be discussing the abuse manipulation tactic

0:39.7

called plausible deniability.

0:42.6

But before we get to that, if you want to be a guest on our Survivor's Story episodes,

0:47.1

please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com.

0:51.1

Top of the page, there's a button that says guest form.

0:53.7

When you click on that button it takes

0:55.3

you to our guest forum page and there you can read all of our instructions and then send us an

1:00.6

email at narcissist apoclips at gmail.com or fill out our guest form and press the submit

1:06.9

button and please do send it in the format that we ask for and we're always looking

1:11.7

for more stories so please do send in your stories so today we are going to be talking about

1:17.8

plausible deniability and abusers and what was interesting to me when I was diving into this topic

1:26.7

was that I found that many of the videos and articles

1:30.7

that you read on the internet have really co-opted the actual definition of plausible

1:37.9

deniability and many of us, including myself, have been using it incorrectly, or I believe that we've

1:46.5

been using it incorrectly. So today, we're going to try and redefine what it means

1:53.5

specifically how I think it should be used. And this is my opinion. And so the definition that

2:00.8

most of us here that I think is

2:02.4

incorrect, and that is in day-to-day situations, people believe plausible deniability involves

2:08.1

demonstrating that little to no evidence exists to prove guilt. If not enough evidence exists

2:15.5

to prove guilt, then innocence must be presumed.

2:19.8

So in this definition, plausible deniability refers to there being any reasonable chance,

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