Rerelease | When People Pleasing Becomes Survival: Fawning in Abusive Relationships
In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon explores the different ways people pleasing can appear and how qualities such as loyalty, caretaking, peacemaking, and a desire to help can ...
4 Aug 27min
Debrief | Weaponized Empathy, Crisis Control, & Gaslighting in Teddy’s Story
In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon Chadwick breaks down the patterns of abuse in Teddy’s survivor story. Teddy’s empathy and desire to be a dependable partner were repeatedly us...
3 Aug 19min
Teddy & The Crisis-Creating Abuser
In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Teddy shares the story of a relationship built around empathy, rescue, and repeated crisis. What began as a connection between two ambitious people slowly bec...
2 Aug 41min
Rerelease | Joanne & The Pain of Loving an Abusive Mother
In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Joanne shares the pain of growing up with a gaslighting and abusive mother while still desperately wanting her love. Joanne’s mother made kindness f...
30 Jul 49min
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, rela...
28 Jul 30min
Debrief | Constant Correction, Trauma Bonds, and Invisible Control in Barb’s Story
In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon discusses the abuse patterns found throughout Barb’s survivor story.The debrief explores how constant correction became a form of dehumanizati...
27 Jul 24min
Barb & The Raging, Critical, Coercive Controller
In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Barb shares the story of surviving a 22-year marriage to a raging, critical, coercive controller. Raised in purity culture and taught that a wife should defer...
26 Jul 1h 37min
Debrief | Soulmate Language, Triangulation, and Crazy-Making in Avery’s Story
In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the patterns of abuse found in Avery’s survivor story, including soulmate language, triangulation with former partners, financial ...
24 Jul 18min
