Rerelease: The Hazards of the Holiday Narcissist Season

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Brandon talks with former guests, Jean & Vanessa, about the hazards of the holiday season with narcissistic abusers. We discuss feelings, tactics, boundaries, safety, managing expectations, children, hoovering, families, relationships, loneliness, fear, guilt, obligation, wins, grey rock, support, doubt, ptsd, healing, and much more. To listen to Jean's story, click here. To listen to Vanessa's story, click here. If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at [email protected] 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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0:29.9	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, we talk with former guests, Gene and Vanessa,
0:36.9	about narcissistic abusers and the holiday season.
1:02.2	Welcome. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.
1:16.2	I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today, we have Gene. How are you, Gene? Wonderful, Brandon. And we have Vanessa. How are you,
1:24.2	Vanessa? I'm doing very well. Thank you. And you will know Gene from our July 4th, 2020 episode. And Vanessa was on our November 9th, 2020 episode. So today we are going to discuss the
1:32.7	holidays, the holiday season, how difficult it is when you're in a relationship with someone
1:38.6	who is an abuser, a narcissistic abuser, abuser in general, co-parenting with them. Obviously, sometimes when you're not
1:46.7	in a relationship with them anymore, they just can pop out of the woodwork here or there during
1:52.1	the holiday season. And then we're also going to get into the family dynamics of things as
1:59.6	well. And I know that's a big issue for everyone all the time, possibly, not just this season.
2:08.9	So I guess we're going to start off here.
2:13.4	You know, when it comes to current relationships with these people, I guess they just want to
2:18.6	cause problems during, uh, this season from, uh, starting arguments or breaking up with you
2:25.6	just before the major holiday is, is kind of going on. It's a very controlling behavior. It's a way
2:30.7	to ruin your time or make everything always about them. They love to
2:36.0	discard you during the season. And they like to set up your expectations during this season,
2:42.0	only to disappoint you. Again, it's done to kind of ruin everything and control everything
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