Episodes

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Parker returns to share the story of her second abusive relationship with a petty emotional abuser. After leaving her first abusive marriage and being disfellowshipped from the Jehova...

In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the major themes in Parker’s story, including spiritual abuse, coercive control, suicide threats, custody abuse, and the way an abuser can use faith, commu...

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Parker shares her story of growing up inside a high-control religious environment, surviving sexual assault as a teenager, and later marrying a manipulative and controlling ...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, Brandon discusses why abusive partners often do not want to change, using ideas from Lundy Bancroft’s Why Does He Do That? The episode looks at the rewards an abuser gets from abusive behavior, including power, control, privilege, free labor, financial …

In this debrief episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down Rebelle’s story and the patterns that kept her tied to a relationship built on charm, fantasy, and control. What began as a relationship that felt like fat...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Rebelle shares the story of a marriage that began with coincidence and "fate". She was a lawyer, an athlete, and someone who had already survived more than most people ever face. She ...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the love bombing, fraud, coercive control, secrecy, self-doubt, and trauma bonding in Jess’s story. Brandon discusses how someone can understand trauma intellectua...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Jess about her relationship with an abusive con man who built a false life around lies, infidelity, fraud, and manipulation. After leaving one painful relationship,...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks about survivor guilt and shame after abuse, and why so many survivors still feel responsible after leaving an abusive relationship. Brandon breaks down the shame of thin...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the key themes in Tegan’s story, including early shame, love bombing, sexual coercion, emotional debt, and post-separation control. Brandon explores how fear, obl...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Tegan shares her story of growing up in a family system where shame, criticism, and cultural excuses taught her to minimize her own pain. When she met her ex, the relationship felt li...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the biggest themes in Erika’s story, including coercive control, early conditioning, financial abuse, sexual coercion, surveillance, dissociation, legal abuse, and...

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Erika about growing up inside religious conditioning that taught her to submit, stay quiet, and see her worth through being a wife and mother. After losin...

In this release episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with author, journalist, educational writer, coach, and survivor Julie L. Hall about scapegoating in narcissistic and dysfunctional family systems. Julie breaks ...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, we debrief Charly’s story and what can happen when someone seeks help after abuse and the person offering that help becomes unsafe too. We break down how healing language can exist wi...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Charly shares her story of seeking help after abuse and ending up in a relationship with the recovery practitioner she trusted. After two painful relationships, Charly found someone o...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks about the patterns underneath Hans’s story. This debrief looks at how crisis creation became a form of control, how fear, obligation, guilt, and shame kept Hans in the r...

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Hans about surviving a marriage with a crisis creating abuser. What looked like one problem after another slowly became a pattern of coercive control, fin...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks about why so many survivors struggle to remember clearly during an abusive relationship and after it ends. He breaks down how gaslighting, denial, smear campaigns, exhau...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon debriefs Kristi’s survivor story and explores the patterns that kept her trapped for years. He breaks down coercive control, fear, financial abuse, cognitive dissonance, insti...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Kristi shares her story of being trapped in a long-term abusive relationship with a manipulative, dangerous partner whose control took many forms over the years. In the beginning, he ...

In this follow-up episode of Narcissist Apocalypse , we take a closer look at Courtney’s story and the way control can hide inside the language of respect, protection, and family. We explore the escalation that followed mothe...

On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Courtney shares her story of surviving an intimidating abuser. What began as a relationship that felt exciting, protective, and full of possibility slowly became a life shaped by coer...

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks about smear campaigns as a form of isolation, narrative control, and abuse. He explains how smear campaigns often begin long before a survivor leaves, while a false stor...