Scapegoating in Families: Why You're Blamed for Seeing Too Clearly

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast · Aug 17, 2026 · 12m

You've been apologizing for problems you didn't create. For years, maybe, you've believed the message: you're too sensitive, too much, too difficult. But what if the blame isn't actually about your behavior? What if it's about something far more threatening—what you can see?This episode explores the structural role of scapegoating in families, workplaces, and communities organized around power and control. It's the conversation that lands when you're finally ready to question why you became the problem whenever the system started failing.Scapegoating isn't random. It follows patterns. It…