Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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Narcissist Apocalypse is a Purple Ribbon Award-winning storytelling podcast that amplifies the voices of those who have experienced narcissistic abuse, coercive control, emotional abuse, domestic violence, family relationship abuse, and relationship trauma. Our guests share their stories of abuse survival, providing a source of validation, education, inspiration, and hope for those going through similar experiences. Join us and discover how you, too, can overcome the narcissist apocalypse.

  1. 11h ago

    Debrief | Moving Goalposts, Gut Feelings, and Recognizing Patterns in Plum’s Story

    In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon Chadwick debriefs Plum’s survivor story and examines how the patterns she experienced with her mother shaped her vulnerability to coercive control in her marriage. Brandon explores how unpredictable rules and moving goalposts taught Plum to overfunction, question herself, and believe she could never do enough. He also discusses her mother’s need to maintain a victim identity, how parental approval caused Plum to override her concerns about her future husband, and why the relief she felt in his absence was important information from her body. The episode also examines how viewing abuse as a series of separate incidents can keep victims focused on solving the latest conflict. Once Plum recognized that the silent treatments, gaslighting, sexual coercion, accusations, financial abuse, and violence were all part of a larger pattern of control, she gained the clarity needed to leave. That same pattern recognition eventually helped Plum understand her relationship with her mother and end contact with her. If you are in search of therapy from professionals dedicated to dealing with TRAUMA - Narcissist Apocalypse recommends REBOUND THERAPY and they can be reached at  hellorebound.com/na Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  2. 11h ago ·  Bonus

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  3. 1d ago

    Rerelease | Plum & The Victim-Playing Narcissistic Mother

    In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Plum shares the story of growing up with a neglectful, victim-playing narcissistic mother who made her feel responsible for herself from an early age. As Plum became more independent, her mother’s behavior shifted, using guilt, illness, broken promises, and carefully manufactured crises to maintain control. Years later, Plum married a controlling man whose gaslighting, silent treatments, sexual coercion, and escalating physical abuse forced her to recognize the patterns she had been conditioned to accept. In understanding that her husband’s behavior was intentional, Plum also began to see the truth about her mother, the difference between closeness and enmeshment, and the generational trauma connecting both abusive relationships. It's a story of generational trauma, gaslighting, physical abuse, sexual coercion, silent treatments, abuse cycles, control, no contact, victim playing, neglect, guilt, manufactured crises, enmeshment, suspected medical abuse, narcissistic mothers, narcissistic abuse, emotional abuse, strangulation, parentification, trauma bonding, narcissistic husband, financial abuse, future faking, and isolation. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses physical abuse, strangulation, and sexual coercion. *** If you are in search of therapy from professionals dedicated to dealing with TRAUMA - Narcissist Apocalypse recommends REBOUND THERAPY and they can be reached at  hellorebound.com/na Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  4. 2d ago

    Rerelease | Covert Narcissistic Abuse, Spiritual Narcissism, & The Cult of NXIVM

    In this release episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Mark Vicente ('What The Bleep Do We Know?', 'The Vow', & The Narcissist's Playbook), about his new documentary, covert narcissistic abuse, spiritual narcissism, enmeshment, the dark night of the soul, surviving the the cult of NXIVM, psychopaths, and the experience of waking up.  If you are in search of therapy from professionals dedicated to dealing with TRAUMA - Narcissist Apocalypse recommends REBOUND THERAPY and they can be reached at  hellorebound.com/na Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  5. 3d ago

    Debrief | Feeling Chosen, Future Faking, and the Wounded Child in Athena’s Story

    In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the key takeaways from Athena’s survivor story, including how an abuser can recognize someone’s vulnerabilities and position themselves as the answer to everything they are missing. The debrief explores the feeling of being chosen, especially by someone with status and admirers, and how that feeling can deepen a trauma bond. Brandon also discusses how empathy for an abuser’s trauma can shift attention away from the abuse itself, how hot-and-cold behavior creates instability and control, and how future faking acts like a constantly changing dangling carrot that keeps hope alive.  If you are in search of therapy from professionals dedicated to dealing with TRAUMA - Narcissist Apocalypse recommends REBOUND THERAPY and they can be reached at  hellorebound.com/na Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  6. 4d ago

    Athena & The Cult-Like Predator

    In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Athena shares the story of a relationship with a calculated predator who entered her life when she was sick, financially vulnerable, isolated, and searching for stability. He offered Athena exactly what she was missing: family, a sense of belonging, financial support, a spiritual connection, and the feeling that she had been specially chosen. As the relationship progressed, it was a whirlwind of good and bad. Athena hardly had time to process the myriad of abuse tactics that were being mixed in with some magical moments as well. And as Athena inched herself out the door, she eventually saw what her abuser was really capable of, and when she left, that fear didn't dissipate; it only got worse. It's a story of sexual assault, surveillance, boundary violations, hot-and-cold behavior, triangulation, future faking, gaslighting, punishment through withdrawal, deliberate triggering of her trauma, stalking, anonymous messages, account intrusions, intimidation, isolation from communities, death threats, restraining orders, trauma bonds, cult-dynamics, entitlement, coercive control, emotional abuse, narcissistic abuse, post-separation abuse, manipulation, predatory behavior, grandiosity, spiritual abuse, love bombing, and fake empathy. CONTENT WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEATH THREATS. If you are in search of therapy from professionals dedicated to dealing with TRAUMA - Narcissist Apocalypse recommends REBOUND THERAPY and they can be reached at  hellorebound.com/na Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  7. Aug 13

    Debrief | Grooming, People Pleasing, and Self-Worth in Spoon’s Story

    In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon Chadwick debriefs Spoon’s survivor story and examines how grooming, learned beliefs, people pleasing, and the loss of self-trust shaped her vulnerability to abuse. Brandon discusses how Spoon’s groomer became a truth teller in her world, teaching her to override her own discomfort and trust someone else’s interpretation of what she was experiencing. He also explores how Spoon’s “cool girl” identity taught her to minimize her needs, how people pleasing became tied to her search for self-worth, and how placing that worth in other people’s hands made it easier for manipulative people to use approval, rejection, and withholding against her. The episode also looks at one of Spoon’s most important lessons in recovery: slowing relationships down long enough to compare someone’s words with their behavior. By giving herself time to observe patterns, Spoon began learning to trust what she saw instead of relying solely on what someone told her.  *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses child sexual assault. *** If you are in search of therapy from professionals dedicated to dealing with TRAUMA - Narcissist Apocalypse recommends REBOUND THERAPY and they can be reached at  hellorebound.com/na Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  8. Aug 12

    Rerelease | Spoon & The Grooming That Shaped Her Life

    In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Spoon shares her story of childhood trauma, grooming, sexual assault, addiction, abusive relationships, and the long process of discovering who she was underneath everything she had been taught to become. Spoon discusses how growing up feeling responsible for other people’s emotions left her vulnerable to a predator who began grooming her at 13, and how that experience influenced her ideas about sex, love, relationships, and what it meant to be a woman. She also examines her years in modeling, addiction, her struggle with self-worth, and the relationship that finally forced her to recognize how often she had abandoned her own needs to keep someone else. Through recovery, Spoon began questioning the stories she had been given, slowing relationships down, paying attention to actions instead of words, and building an identity based on what she actually values. It's a story of narcissistic abuse, grooming, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, generational trauma, abuse cycles, emotional abuse, abusive relationships, coercive control, manipulation, emotional neglect, parentification, walking on eggshells, people pleasing, low self worth, loss of identity, trauma bonds, addiction, boundaries, and healing from abuse. *** CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses child sexual assault and a graphic description of suicidal ideation. *** If you are in search of therapy from professionals dedicated to dealing with TRAUMA - Narcissist Apocalypse recommends REBOUND THERAPY and they can be reached at  hellorebound.com/na Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Narcissist Apocalypse is a Purple Ribbon Award-winning storytelling podcast that amplifies the voices of those who have experienced narcissistic abuse, coercive control, emotional abuse, domestic violence, family relationship abuse, and relationship trauma. Our guests share their stories of abuse survival, providing a source of validation, education, inspiration, and hope for those going through similar experiences. Join us and discover how you, too, can overcome the narcissist apocalypse.

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