Chad talks with Greg about growing up in a household with an emotionally abusive mother and a physically abusive father. It's a story of shame, guilt, abuse cycles, and going no contact for good. Plus they discuss, scapegoats, gaslighting, yoga, physical abuse, love bombing, extensions of oneself, trust, Nickelodeon, mixed messages, work abuse, coming out, LGBTQ issues, rage, sabotage, being good enough, looking for love, suicide, and much more. Also, there are some sound issues and we apologize...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 49 min
Chad talks with Willow about her abusive relationship with a malignant narcissist. It's a story of control, isolation, smear campaigns, private investigators, and that something was wrong. Plus they discuss, crazy exes, intermittent reinforcement, word salad, victim playing, jealousy, chronic insecurity, sleep deprivation, abortion, animal neglect, criticism, sexual shaming, guilt, tall tales, kernels of truth, huge lies, a loving family, mindful dating, trust in humanity, sound reactivity, and ...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 47 min
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May 14, 2021•3 min
Chad talks with Isabelle about her toxic relationship with a covert mirroring narcissist. It's a story of CPTSD, intermittent reinforcement, restraining orders, smear campaigns, and that something was wrong. Plus they discuss, gaslighting, future faking, introverts, narcissistic rage, moving goal posts, word salad, generational trauma, testing boundaries, stonewalling, sympathy ploys, circular conversations, induced conversation, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode has graphic and ...
May 10, 2021•2 hr 10 min
Chad talks with Lea about her toxic relationship with a leach of a narcissist. It's a story of bonding over trauma, smear campaigns, believing things were your fault, and standing in your truth. Plus they discuss, court, trusting your therapist, isolation, belittling, infidelity accusations, mirroring, future faking, negative/positive statements, minimization, self sabotage, alcoholism, reactive abuse, sexual assault, child rights, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode discusses Sexu...
May 03, 2021•2 hr 8 min
Chad talks with Mira about her toxic relationship with a financial abuser. It's a story of future faking, enmeshed parents, scams, deceit disguised as love, and knowing that something was wrong. Plus they discuss, self confidence, infidelity, mirroring, trauma bonds, bonding over trauma, grandiosity, blame shifting, narcissistic parents, withholding affection, pedestals, persistency and much more. Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagr...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 45 min
Chad talks with Tabatha about her toxic relationship with a controlling predator. It's a story of abusing authority, intimate partner violence, isolation, the kindness of strangers, and knowing that something was wrong.. . Plus they discuss, the silent treatment, narcissistic parents, proving yourself, spyware, being seen, suicidal ideation, sleep deprivation, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - There is discussion of graphic intimate partner violence. *** Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.8...
Apr 19, 2021•2 hr 4 min
Chad talks with Nico about her toxic relationship with a serial predator. Nico's story spans multiple countries and involves 30+ other women. It's a story of Facebook phishing, future faking, financial abuse, solidarity, and knowing that something was wrong. Plus they discuss, mirroring, fake personas, mask slipping, ptsd, flying monkeys, manipulation tactics, button pushing, revenge, and much more. People in this story: Celine – French artist who was going to marry him until she started to unra...
Apr 12, 2021•2 hr 4 min
Chad talks with Hazel about her abusive relationship with an overt toxic narcissist. It's a story of suicide threats, being held against your will, financial abuse, and victim blaming police officers. Plus they discuss empaths, abandonment, isolation, sexual assault, physical abuse, victim playing, rage, fixing, inner child healing, guilt, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode discusses graphic violence and a sexual assault. It may be very difficult to hear. We had to stop recording ...
Apr 05, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Chad talks with Shaw about being raised by her narcissistic mother who scapegoated her from birth. It's a story of abandonment, self harm, normalizing chaos, and going no contact for good. Plus they discuss, manipulation, suicide, addiction, gossip, victim playing, fear, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode discusses child sex abuse and suicide. *** Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Patreon for extra content and our brand new live support groups at https://w...
Mar 29, 2021•2 hr 15 min
Chad talks Uma about her physically abusive relationship that caused her and her son to flee to another state. It's a story of PTSD, programming, intimate partner violence, and resilience. Plus they discuss, gaslighting, child PTSD, rage, health issues, patterns, believing things are your fault, belittling, reactive abuse, control, somatic work, inner children, and much more. *** Trigger Warning - This episode describes a few physically violent incidents. *** Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Chad talks with Simon about growing up with an emotionally stunted narcissistic father. It's a story of fear, identity issues, low self everything, and family adoption secrets. Plus they discuss, alcoholism, rage, anger, learned helplessness, adhd, scapegoats, nature vs. nurture, emptiness, parenthood, being good enough, and much more. *** Part of the episode did have microphone issues but they got sorted 1/4 of the way through. Hopefully the noises here and there don't annoy you. *** Domestic V...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 48 min
Chad talks Xena about her toxic relationship with a projection heavy narcissist. It's a story of isolation, the family facade, recognizing abuse cycles, and child abandonment. Plus they discuss, gaslighting, self awareness, suicidal ideation, alcoholism, victim playing, nitpicking, the power of vouching, divorce, and much more. *** This episode does have sound issues. There were little pops throughout the episode due to the connection. Hopefully, it's not too annoying. *** Domestic Violence Hotl...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 52 min
Chad talks Paulina about her toxic relationship with a spiritual abuser. It's a story of altruistic narcissism, sowing the seeds of doubt, reactive abuse, and delusions of grandeur. Plus they discuss, isolation, future faking, power, control, chronic health issues, infidelity, devaluation, believing the lies you are told, kernels of truth, social engineering, gurus, back handed compliments, gaslighting, and much more. Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel a...
Mar 01, 2021•2 hr 11 min
Chad talks with Fatema about her toxic relationship with a psychologically abusive partner. It's a story of proving yourself, trauma bonds, codependency, and getting back to the old you. Plus they discuss, self love, control, infidelity, red flags, anxiety, and much more. Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Come listen to our new podcast called Narcissist Apocalypse: Q&A https://link.chtbl.com/CITVf9Qz...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 47 min
Chad talks with Blake about her abusive relationship with her brother's good friend. It's a story of self worth, future faking, Facebook mirroring, and having trouble cutting the cord for good. Plus they discuss, people pleasing, being good enough, Fall Out Boy, scapegoats, family trauma, gaslighting, social media, validation, blocking, trauma bonds, and much more. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode does discuss physical abuse of Blake's son and has strong language. *** Domestic Violence Hotline...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Chad talks with Vivian about her abusive relationship with a power hungry narcissist. It's a story of empathy, victim playing, stalking, and the calm before the storm. Plus they discuss, control, entitlement, court, boundaries, ego, validation, tone, gaslighting, predator vs. prey, future faking, psychological abuse, and much more. Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Patreon for extra content and our brand new live support groups at https://www.patreon.com/narcissistapocal...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Chad talks with Malory about her toxic marriage to a high spectrum narcissist. It's a story of being a fixer, control, facades, and parental alienation of step children. Plus they discuss, victim playing, loneliness, empathy, nitpicking, putdowns disguised as jokes, isolation, generational trauma, gaslighting, and much more. Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Come listen to our new podcast called Narcissi...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Chad talks with Sadie about her 5 year toxic relationship with a ultra controlling narcissist. It's a story of hoovering, infidelity, secrets, extreme financial bombing, stalking, valuing yourself, codependency, and finding your identity. Plus, we discuss the unconditional love of pets and how important they can be in the recovery process. *** Trigger Warning - This episode does discuss physical abuse *** Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Patreon for extra content and ou...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 55 min
Chad talks with Georgia about her 17 year toxic relationship with an emotionally abusive narcissist. It's a story of trauma bonds, manipulation tactics, infidelity and taking things out on the kids. Plus, they discuss communication, gaslighting, financial abuse, feeling trapped, planning to get out, hoovering, child physical abuse, and victim playing. Georgia is quite the inspiration, especially for anyone who is a stay at home parent and doesn't feel like they can get out. Domestic Violence Hot...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Chad talks with an abuse survivor named Emily about her toxic marriage to a covert narcissist. It's a story of covert grandiosity, abuse escalation phases, power plays, entitlement, not knowing how to get out, and that something was wrong. Plus they discuss, cults, sleep deprivation, intimate partner violence, and so much more. Emily could never have imagined how this abuse escalated, and like all of our stories, Emily's is a case of psychological and emotional true crime too. *** TRIGGER WARNIN...
Jan 11, 2021•2 hr 14 min
Chad and his Old Pal Melissa listen to unsent 'Letters To My Narcissist' that they received from a handful of courageous narcissistic abuse survivors. It's an emotional roller coaster of an episode that will make you laugh and cry, with some goosebumps in between. Prepare to be inspired. Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Patreon for extra content and our brand new live support groups at https://www.patreon.com/narcissistapocalypse Join our Instagram Channel at https://ww...
Jan 04, 2021•2 hr 7 min
Chad talks with a return survivor named Kelly about her marriage to a physically abusive narcissist. It's a story of brainwashing, isolation, feeling embarrassed for staying and the difficulty in leaving for good. Plus, we discuss blame shifting, gaslighting, infidelity, projection, and much more. It's quite a story with some good police officers, aware doctors, and by miracle, her husband's upstanding lawyer. Yes, you read that correctly. Kelly's first episode was October 12th, 2020. **** TRIGG...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Chad talks with a survivor named Vienna about her marriage to a triangulating narcissist who was secretly running an elaborate smear campaign against her. It's a story of blame shifting, future faking, noticing patterns, and using the constant threat of suicide to keep you trapped within a relationship. The pathology of Vienna's partner is quite fascinating and scary at the same time. There's a motive behind everything... you just don't know what it is yet. *** TRIGGER WARNING - This episode doe...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 59 min
Chad talks with an abuse survivor named Aubrey about her toxic relationship with a narcissist who loved to isolate. It's a story of pettiness, being trustworthy, nuanced lies, and bullying children. Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Come listen to our new podcast called Narcissist Apocalypse: Q&A https://link.chtbl.com/CITVf9Qz Join our Facebook Support Group at facebook.com/groups/narcissistapocalyp...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Chad talks with an abuse survivor named Rain about growing up in a dysfunctional family with a narcissistic mother. It's a story of scapegoats, enmeshment, sexual abuse, dealing with death, and persevering through it all. *** Trigger Warning - Discussion of Sexual Abuse and Pedophilia*** Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Come listen to our new podcast called Narcissist Apocalypse: Q&A https://link.ch...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Chad talks with Gal about her toxic relationship with a victim playing narcissist. It’s a story of crazy ex’s, infidelity, accepting the love you think you deserve, and finding yourself again in the aftermath of abuse. Plus much, much, more. *** Trigger Warning - Aggressive Language *** Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Come listen to our new podcast called Narcissist Apocalypse: Q&A https://link.cht...
Nov 30, 2020•2 hr 14 min
Chad talks with Noelle about her seven-year toxic relationship with a physically abusive narcissist. It's a story of constant blaming, jealousy, belief systems, guilt, IPV, and using religion to pull the wool over everyone's eyes. *** This episode is dedicated to the memory of Tigist Takle, who tragically lost her life on November 18th 2020. *** Domestic Violence Hotline Number - 1.800.799.SAFE Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Come listen to our new po...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 52 min
Chad talks with Darcy about her toxic relationship with a cheating narcissist. It's a story of facades, kernels of truth, wanting proof, and trying to make things work. Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Come listen to our new podcast called Narcissist Apocalypse: Q&A https://link.chtbl.com/CITVf9Qz Join our Facebook Support Group at facebook.com/groups/narcissistapocalypse Join our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNW...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Monica Nagy, Director of Reformative Services for the SAFEHAVEN Partner Abuse Intervention & Prevention Program, stops by the show to discuss red flags, working with abusers, language, isolation, how domestic violence agencies help victims, and much more. SAFEHAVEN WEBSITE - www.safehaventc.org SAFEHAVEN PHONE NUMBER - 1-877-701-7233 (FREE & CONFIDENTIAL HOTLINE) SAFEHAVEN EMAIL - info@safehaventc.org To listen to Abuse Survivor Stories, please listen to Narcissist Apocalypse Survivor St...
Nov 14, 2020•54 min
