Selene & The Possessive Abuser

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

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

4.7 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Selene shares the story of surviving a possessive and controlling marriage complicated by her husband’s deeply enmeshed relationship with his mother. After becoming pregnant, Selene discovered that her partner had lied about his marriage and soon found herself financially dependent, isolated, and living inside a family system where boundaries were constantly violated. Her husband resented the attention she gave their children, monitored her whenever she left the house, controlled access to money and basic necessities, criticized her appearance, and used anger and intimidation to keep the family walking on eggshells. Selene also describes protecting her children, living in her car, returning to the relationship, reaching out to abuse services, and eventually filing for divorce. Although the harm continued through child neglect and unpaid support, Selene rebuilt her independence, returned to her hometown, became an author and public speaker, and created a life her former husband never believed she could build.

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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Celine,
0:08.0	and Celine was married to a possessive abuser.
0:12.1	It's a story of enmeshment, financial abuse, isolation, put downs, intimidation, and the difficult process of leaving. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.
0:49.7	I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today we have Celine. How are you? I'm well. Thank you so much.
0:58.6	It's an honor to be here. Well, thank you for being here. And if you want to be a guest like Celine is today,
1:05.7	please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com. Click on the guest form button, fill out the form, and we will go from there.
1:14.1	And also at Narcissistapocalypse.com, we do have a support group. And with our support group,
1:19.5	you get Zoom meetings every Wednesday nights, Thursday afternoons, and Saturday nights. So join our
1:24.6	support group today. And we also have a newsletter at our website where you get a free
1:29.4	workbook from every new survivor story that comes out. So join our newsletter today, all at
1:34.4	Narcissistapagops.com. And for today's episode, we do have a content warning as we do discuss
1:40.5	physical abuse in this episode. And today you're going to hear Celine's story.
1:45.6	And eventually Celine was living in a prison and did her best to break out on more than one
1:52.4	occasion she tried, but she made it out eventually.
1:55.8	And you'll be validated by her story today.
1:58.4	So a big thank you to Celine for being here once again. And now I'm
2:02.2	going to get out of my way and your way. Celine, the floor is now yours. You know, it's one of those
2:10.5	things where when you look back on your childhood, you always want to think of the fond memories, you know, macaroni and
2:20.3	cheese and cartoons and little dinosaurs on the floor. Unfortunately, with my upbringing, around eight
2:28.7	years old, my life began to take a turn. I was in school one day and we were assigned to paint these flowers.
2:38.0	And I thought that I had done a really good job. It was this beautiful acrylic paint
2:43.8	rose made with pastel pink and white. And it was drying when all of a sudden the teacher comes over and she looks down at the flower and she looks at me.
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