Welcome to betrayal trauma recovery. This is Anne. We have Kathleen, who is a member of our

community on today's podcast. She's going to share her story. Before we get to that,

here's someone who rated this podcast on Apple Podcast that gave us a five star review.

They say they get it. It is life giving to know you will be believed when no one else knows

and to know you are not crazy. It's the fog of abuse. This podcast and the BTR support group

are giving me strength. I need to make a plan and get to safety. I will be forever grateful for

this work. Thank you to those of you who have reviewed the podcast. Every single one of your

ratings helps isolated women find us. So if you haven't already and you're so inclined,

go to Apple Podcasts and give this podcast a five star review.

Summer is approaching very quickly and summer is a big time for abuse episodes and they usually

happen where they can happen on car rides, long trips with family or family vacations.

Yeah, it is a rough time and we are here for you throughout the summer. We're not going anywhere

to see our group session schedule that has multiple sessions a day in every single time zone.

Go to btr.org and we'd love to see you in a session today. I have a member of our community

on today's episode. We're going to call her Kathleen and she's going to just start right in

with her backstory and then we're going to talk to her about what happened. So welcome Kathleen.

Hi Anne, thanks for having me on today. Yeah, we're grateful that you're brave enough to share

your story to help other women. Sharing your story helps us to heal. It helps us to feel heard

and know that we can share. So why don't you start with your backstory? What was your situation?

So I guess from day one of my marriage, I just felt like something just wasn't right and I could

never put my finger on it. We were, I thought happily married, had a child and then shortly after

my second child was born, I just had a feeling that something wasn't right and I found out

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