345. Julia - Pt 2 of 2 Pts. - Love Bombing to Gaslighting: A Canadian Survivor’s Toxic Ex-Husband Story

About this episode

This episode features Julia's harrowing story of surviving a toxic relationship marked by manipulation and gaslighting.

Content Warning & Disclaimer Please proceed with caution. This episode may be highly triggering for survivors of abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is strongly advised. This is part two, the final episode of a two-part story with Julia. The power in this narrative comes from the fact that our survivor, Julia, is a smart person from a good family living in Canada. If she could be coercively controlled, anyone could. She was raised to respect and be helpful to people, and she wanted to trust that everyone was basically good. It was a wonderful outlook on life until a guy named Damon came along. Damon knew how to put on the mask of a thoughtful, generous guy. A guy who had been wronged several times before by women. His presence completely mesmerized Julia right from their first phone call. As you are listening to this story, keep track of the warning signs that Julia either missed or ignored. There are many. Besides a full display of deception, mirroring, pocketing, manipulation, cohesive, control, future faking, gaslighting, financial abuse, and more, we also hear about the ways he isolated her. There are plenty of lessons to be learned. In listening to this story, we ask…

People in this episode

Guest: Julia

Topics covered

• abuse
• survivor story
• toxic relationships
• gaslighting
• manipulation
• trauma bonding

Keywords

• love bombing
• gaslighting
• financial abuse
• coercive control
• domestic abuse
• survivor

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Canada

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