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Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Why Do Survivors Become Addicted To Their Abusers? - Q&A With Francesca Guest - Domestic Violence, Narcissist Abuse

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

Abuse Survivor Network

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

4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Brandon discusses the question 'Why do survivors become addicted to their abusers? Plus, we catch up with Francesca (former survivor story guest) about the harassment and stalking she endured after her relationship ended. Plus they discuss, love bombing, the enneagram, trust building, restraining orders, healing, growth, Ross Rosenberg, and much more. If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at [email protected] A link to Francesca's original episode from 10/19/2020 can be found here. Ross Rosenberg's Website can be found here. To take a free Enneagram Test, 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. 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

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0:00.0

On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, we discuss why many survivors have an addiction to their abusers.

0:09.2

Plus, we catch up with former Survivor Story guest Francesca. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, everyone.

0:44.2

I am Brandon Chadwick. And with me today, it's just me.

0:53.1

Well, it's not just me. The first half is just me. And then we have a follow-up with a former guest named Francesca.

0:55.3

And that actually ties perfectly everything in this first half of the episode.

1:02.1

In with her half, you just have to get there.

1:04.1

It actually works.

1:05.3

I don't know how it did, but it works.

1:07.6

And this episode, what we had going on this week, got canceled.

1:13.4

So I thought to myself, well, next week we're going to be having Ross Rosenberg on the show.

1:20.5

And for those of you that don't know, Ross Rosenberg, he wrote the book, The Human Magnet Syndrome.

1:27.7

He coined the term self-love deficit.

1:31.8

He knows narcissism and codependency like the back of his hand.

1:36.8

He's an expert in these subjects.

1:38.2

And we're having him on next week.

1:39.8

We're going to talk about his life and what he's been working on recently.

1:43.4

We're going to be talking about

1:44.2

narcissism, obviously. And I guess before he came on, I said to myself, well, what kind of

1:53.2

subject can fit in this week that goes in with next week? And in a way, you know, when we talk

2:00.3

about his self-love deficit and we talk about the human magnet syndrome, when I look at things, I look at things through an addiction lens a lot of the time.

2:12.0

And in a way, it's very related to what he does.

2:15.0

So I thought I would kind of discuss this in, I guess,

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