Am I The Only One? (S6 Ep.7)

"I feel stupid for tolerating it for so long"This week's listener grew up in a narcissistic evangelical family where religion was used to justify fear, control and abuse. As the eldest child, she became a high-achiever, believing that self-sacrifice and obedience were the keys to love and acceptance.Decades later, after her sister disclosed childhood sexual abuse by their father, everything changed. Therapy, reporting her own abuse and finally leaving her own coercive and abusive marriage brought freedom—but also devastating loss when another sister chose to defend the perpetrator instead.Katie and Ruth explore why some siblings remain loyal to abusive parents.How narcissistic family systems operate like cults. And why so many survivors unknowingly repeat abusive patterns in adulthood. You're not alone — and this episode explains why.Watch 'Beyond Survival' on YouTubeSERVE  – My Lost Years At The Heart of Opus Dei – by Anne Marie Allen Uncultured – A memoir of growing up in a Cult – by Daniella Mestyanek YoungMonteMader on Instagram - Platform on deconstructing Christian NationalismQuiz - "Are You Really Going From Zero to Ten?"Find out where you're actually starting fromBEYOND SURVIVAL - The Therapy Podcast