River & The Disabled Abusive Drummer - Emotional Abuse, Domestic Violence, Narcissist Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Brandon talks with River about her toxic relationship with a disabled, charismatic, and manipulative abuser. It’s a story of caretaking, jealousy, guilt, paranoia, and restraining orders. Plus they discuss, gaslighting, love bombing, mental health, isolation, codependency, financial abuse, drumming, control, walking on eggshells, victim playing, toxic family members, and much more. *** We used two different devices due to a power issue. The sounds are completely different toward the end of the episode. *** Trigger Warning - This episode mentions that River's partner came from an abusive household of every kind. There is no graphic description. *** Thank you to our sponsor BOMBAS. Go to Bombas.com/nap and get 20% off your purchase of socks, underwear, and t-shirts. Bombas donates an item to a homeless shelter for every item purchased. They are a wonderful company. We love Bombas. Thank you to our sponsor HELLOFRESH. Go to HelloFresh.com/nap16 and use code nap16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Enjoy America’s #1 Meal Kit today! Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. 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. 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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0:25.1	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named River,
0:31.7	and River was in a toxic relationship within an emotionally abusive partner.
0:37.1	It's a story of caretaking, jealousy, guilt, paranoocalypse, everyone with me today.
1:09.7	I have River. How are you? I'm well. How are you doing today? I'm doing
1:15.4	pretty good. And thank you for being here. We have been chatting for almost 40 minutes or 30 minutes,
1:24.4	I think. So we got to know each other pretty good. You know what kind of
1:29.2	t-shirts I like now. Yeah. And I expect one on my birthday next year. Thank you. Okay. Yeah,
1:37.6	from Hot Topics. From Hot Topic. So, you know, thank you for being here with us today. You're going to share your story.
1:47.9	You're going to help a lot of people. And you were in a relationship with a charismatic,
1:53.0	manipulative abuser. And I wish everyone could see the light that's shining through the background.
1:59.5	You look like an angel right now.
2:03.9	So anyway, thank you so much for being here. Yeah, thank you so much for having me. Oh, you're
2:09.6	welcome. And now, River, the floor is now yours. Yes, thank you so much. Like I said, again, thank you so much for having me today. I'm
2:21.2	pretty excited to share this story and I want to try to make it, you know, as understandable as possible.
2:27.3	But a little bit about me is, you know, I grew up with a pretty normal family, lots of extended
2:32.9	family right here, a couple blocks away,
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