Serenity & Healing From The Cycles of Narcissistic Abuse - Domestic Violence, Narcissist Abuse, Emotional Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Serenity was 20 years old when she met her abuser. He was 34 years old and a millionaire. Over the course of their 12 year relationship, Serenity endured physical violence, sexual coercion, financial manipulation, putdowns, isolation, and gaslighting. The damaging impact of this abuse inflicted a tremendous amount of stress on her mental and emotional health. From constant hyper vigilance, to body disconnection and memory loss, to suicidal ideation, Serenity battled these issues until the day she finally escaped. Listen to Serenity as she shares her message of liberation, validation for survivors, her process of breaking free from manipulation, and the solace she found in the stories of other survivors. This powerful conversation is sure to move you, shedding light on the realities of toxic relationships and the path to healing. *** This recording did not have the best sound and we did our best to fix it in editing. *** *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses suicidal ideation, physical abuse, and sexual coercion. *** If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@gmail.com To help out our podcast, please fill out our listener survey, click here. 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. Thank you to our sponsor FACTOR. To get delicious fresh healthy meals delivered to your door and ready in 2 minutes, go to Factor at https://www.factormeals.com/nap50 and use promo code NAP50 to get 50% off. 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

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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we talk with an abuse survivor named Serenity,
0:06.8	and Serenity was married to a financially abusive coercive controller.
0:10.9	It's a story of projection, gaslighting, shame, sexual coercion, physical abuse, and escaping for good. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone.
0:45.9	I am Brandon Chadwick, and with me today, we have Serenity.
0:51.2	How are you?
0:52.9	I'm doing well.
0:54.0	Thank you. Well, thank you for being here with us today's Serenity. How are you? I'm doing well. Thank you. Well, thank you for being here with us today's Serenity. And if you want to be a guest like Serenity is today, please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com. Top of the page, there's a button that says guest form. When you click on that button, it takes you to our guest form page.
1:10.8	And there you can read all of our instructions. And either send us an email at Narcissistapocalypse
1:15.0	at gmail.com or fill out our guest form and press the submit button. And please do send it in the
1:20.5	format that we ask for. And a content warning for today's episode, as we do discuss sexual coercion in this episode,
1:30.8	as well as physical abuse in this episode too. So a content warning there. And just a really
1:38.7	big thank you to Serenity for being our guest today in sharing her story. So I'm now just going to get out of my way
1:47.5	and your way. Serenity, the floor is now yours. Okay. Thank you, Brandon. Thank you for giving people
1:59.5	like me a platform.
2:12.0	Just as a like a quick preface, I had a 12-year relationship with my ex-husband, and I would describe the things that I endured of nothing less than the emotional terrorism.
2:17.6	And on more than one occasion, we was escalated into political violence.
2:23.5	My life with him could be distilled down to, you know, isolation, financial abuse,
2:31.3	fidelity, intimidation, everything.
2:33.9	And then, of course, the fear and shame
2:36.3	that is coupled with it. I think when you're with someone like him, you have been conditioned
2:43.5	of childhood to abandon your own needs and to disregard your boundaries. you've developed these like maladaptives to
2:53.0	Bible mechanisms. And so this just kind of becomes the norm. And I think it's really easy for
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