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Debrief | Control Disguised as Care, Moving Goalposts, and the Need for Approval in Helena’s Story
In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon Chadwick does an educational follow-up to Helena’s survivor story, breaking down the core dynamics that shaped her abusive relationship. What began as listening, validation, and apparent insight slowly became control disguised as care, gaslighting, moving goalposts, and a desperate search for approval. Brandon explores how Helena’s childhood trauma, fear of losing family, obligation to hold the marriage together, guilt, shame, and the truth-teller dynamic kept her trapped in a relationship that slowly pulled her away from her own voice…
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