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Rerelease | The 6 Stages & 4 Styles of Emotional Blackmail

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon discusses Susan Forward and Donna Frazier’s book Emotional Blackmail and explains how manipulation can be used to control your choices, relationships, and behaviour.

Brandon breaks down fear, obligation, and guilt, also known as FOG, and how these feelings can leave someone feeling helpless, powerless, and afraid to resist. He also explores the six stages of emotional blackmail: demand, resistance, pressure, threats, compliance, and repetition.

The episode also examines the four styles of emotional blackmailers: the Punisher, the Self-Punisher, the Sufferer, and the Tantalizer. Through examples of threats, guilt, conditional love, silent treatment, and future promises, Brandon explains how emotional blackmail slowly wears down boundaries and teaches victims that giving in is the safest way to restore peace.

This episode is designed to help survivors recognize emotional blackmail, understand why these tactics are so effective, and begin making sense of the manipulation they may have experienced.

To purchase a copy of 'Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You' by Susan Forward and Donna Frazier, please click here.

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Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me

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Rerelease | Cassandra & The Volatile Narcissist | Domestic Violence & Narcissistic Abuse

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Cassandra shares how a man who seemed to offer faith, safety, and a fresh start became someone she feared in her own home. Others saw his charm. Cas...

16 Syys 1h 36min

Why Trauma Keeps You in Survival Mode & PTSD Recovery

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Rebound Health co-founders Raeva Kumar and Dr. Erin Berenz about how trauma can leave the brain and body reacting as though the danger is s...

15 Syys 23min

Debrief | Scapegoating & Financial Control in Dasha’s Story | Narcissistic Abuse

In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon examines how Dasha’s family assigned roles according to obedience, rewarded her brother for being easy, and scapegoated Dasha for having needs...

14 Syys 18min

Rerelease | Dasha & The Enmeshed Narcissistic Family

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Dasha about growing up under the authority of a narcissistic father whose image was protected by an enmeshed family system. After...

13 Syys 1h 53min

Debrief | Mirroring & Performative Therapy in Shannon's Story | Narcissistic Abuse

In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the patterns in Shannon’s story, beginning with the cognitive dissonance created by the caring family man her husband appeared to ...

10 Syys 15min

Rerelease | Shannon & The Covert Narcissist | Narcissistic Abuse

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Shannon shares the story of building the family she never had with a man who mirrored her values and maintained his false identity for years. When S...

9 Syys 1h 11min

Rerelease | Post-Separation Abuse: How Narcissists Weaponize Family Court

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with high-conflict divorce coach and One Mom’s Battle founder Tina Swithin about how narcissistic abuse can intensify after separation...

8 Syys 54min

Debrief | Gaslighting and Self-Trust in Haley’s Story | Narcissistic Abuse

In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon deconstructs Haley’s story and examines how the abuser repeatedly created self-doubt, then filled the space it left behind with his own 'certa...

7 Syys 16min