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Something Was Wrong

S10 E11: [Emily] Destroying People

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media | Wondery

True Crime, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week survivor Emily shares her story.

A few years ago, Emily had just purchased her first home and was moving in with her husband, Cody, and soon to be son. She was thrilled to finally have their forever home to start planting roots and raise their growing family. Almost a year later, Emily’s life blew up when she found that her husband had stolen her identity leaving her in complete financial and emotional ruin...and she was not the only one.

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Resources:

For free mental health resources, please visit SomethingWasWrong.com/Resources

Sources:

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Quick Guide: Economic and Financial Abuse, 2017 NCADV 600 Grant, Suite 750 Denver, Colorado 80203

The Mayo Clinic: Compulsive gambling By Mayo Clinic Staff, 2016

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER) https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Something was wrong is intended for mature audiences.

0:03.6

Episodes can discuss topics that can be triggering, such as emotional, physical, and sexual

0:08.1

violence, suicide, and murder.

0:10.2

I am not a therapist or a doctor.

0:12.4

If you're in need of support, please visit somethingwaswrong.com slash resources.

0:17.5

For a list of nonprofit organizations that can help, some names have been changed for

0:21.9

anonymity purposes.

0:23.7

Opinions expressed by the guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent

0:27.6

the views of myself or audio chuck.

0:29.9

Episodes are linked in the episode notes.

0:33.4

Thank you so much for listening.

0:36.5

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that up to 99% of domestic violence victims

0:44.0

experience economic abuse.

0:46.8

And finances are often cited as the biggest barrier to leaving an abusive relationship.

0:53.8

Abuse involves maintaining control over financial resources, withholding access to money, attempting

1:01.1

to prevent a victim from working and or attending school in an effort to create financial

1:07.3

dependence as a means of control.

1:10.8

Victims and survivors are often forced to choose between staying in abusive relationships

1:16.1

and poverty or even homelessness.

1:19.5

Victimistic abuse can take many forms, including employment-related abuse, preventing the

1:25.2

victim from accessing existing funds, coerced debt, identity theft, and more.

1:32.0

I'm Tiffany Reese and this is something was wrong.

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