Episode 2 - How I Got Here

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Getting Out From Under

Brenda

5 episodes

5 days ago

This podcast is my story of getting out of an emotionally and financially abusive marriage as an American woman married to a Japanese man living in Japan. When we are subject to abuse, we often feel ashamed, like we are somehow allowing it to happen, or we deserve it. When we bear abuse in silence, we give our abusers the power. I want to tell my stories to let other abused women know they are not alone. I also want to help people with loved ones in abusive relationships understand why it's so hard to "just leave."

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Episode 2 - How I Got Here

Getting Out From Under

20 minutes 51 seconds

7 months ago

Episode 2 - How I Got Here

Thank you for joining me again as I tell my story of how I got out of an abusive relationship with a man, who I believe is a narcissist, in a country that is not my own. In this episode, I tell a little bit about my upbringing, and how I became a people pleaser believing that was the only way to be loved. I truly believed, and to some degree I probably still believe, that no one could simply love me for me. If I wasn't doing my best to make those that I love happy, then I would never be worthy of their love.

*Trigger warning - There is mention of suicide in this episode.