You Are Not Crazy

I’m on the other side of an emotionally abusive marriage, I’ve remarried a wonderful man & am struggling because my nervous system is hypersensitive and is activated so easily. I am often irrationally paranoid that I’ve done something wrong & monitor my new husband’s every movement and mood. I recently fired my therapist because she thinks my issues stem from some repressed past trauma. But I know that isn’t it. I wasn’t like this before I met my abuser. I know what happened to me & this podcast is exactly what I need. Thank you!

I was pretty secure before that relationship, but eventually I felt like I was losing my mind, and this podcast really touches on all aspects of that. It was so mind-warping and isolating for months during the last two discard cycles and somehow even worse after I finally made the choice to go true no-contact. I couldn’t make sense of any of it, I no longer trusted myself, I blamed myself relentlessly for missing something, I asked everyone I knew if they thought I was too blunt or if I should have handled things differently, if I was wrong to believe the things promised, if I misinterpreted everything leading up to the end, why it was hitting me so much harder than other breakups had. I wish I had found this podcast sooner because it really breaks down how destabilizing that kind of abuse can be, and how it’s hard to recognize what is abuse when you’re in the thick of it. And what rebuilding your clarity can look like.

I gave this podcast 1 star because of several annoying things that get in the way of listening to content. First, it starts with an incredibly long and detailed advertisement of her services. Just no. Why not start with some interesting content to draw people in? But no. Second, audio quality sucks. It sounds like she is talking through a tin can. Unpleasant. Third, all kinds of unrelated background noises. Distracting and unpleasant. Fourth, the monotone. I’m falling asleep here. Fifth, the content. The meat of the podcast. The teaser that got me to wade all the way through these painful annoyances to hear it. Ah, but it’s incomplete. Beating around the bush. Could be useful but it’s scattered here and there and back again. I wanted to like this. It sounded really helpful. But with all of the above, I just couldn’t keep listening and hoping. Too frustrating. Please, fix the things that don’t work. You can do it! Quit ignoring similar comments and suggestions that were posted two years ago. Adios.

Jessica really gets it- thanks so much for sharing the help. It feels so encouraging that I’m not imagining things. Thank you! God Bless you 🙏🏼🙏🏼