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Welcome to Dimming The Gaslight! I'm Mac—a male survivor of Narcissistic Abuse. I’m documenting my real-time war divorcing a female narcissist, fighting for my kids, and surviving the U.S. family court system. I am joined by my best friend and co-host, Phil.
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Episode 194: Taelor Part 2: Reclaiming Her Identity From The Parent Who Tried To Become Her (opens the original)
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Last week, Taelor told us her story for the first time. It was heavy. It was raw. And we promised we wouldn't leave it there. She's back. This week isn't about what happened to her. It's about everything she built after. 🪞 The moment she realized her own body had been keeping score for years, and finally let it stop 📓 Reading her abuser's old Facebook posts and recognizing every classic narcissist tactic in real time 👊 The exact moment her abuser stopped being a bully, the second she started fig
EPISODE 193: The Parent's Bizarre Obsession: From Abuse to Transitioning & Becoming Like Their Daughter | Dr. Taelor's Story (opens the original)
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Five years ago, Mac was couch-surfing, sleeping in his car, and scrolling Instagram from his dad's basement — and one page stopped him cold: a woman healing out loud from complex trauma. That woman is here today. We sit down with Dr. Taelor — Doctor of Occupational Therapy, trauma advocate, and founder of Survivors Overcoming Silence (SOS) — for a story she has never told publicly before. This is complex trauma at its most complex: a childhood built on walking on eggshells, a "golden child" comp
Episode 192: Christina Returns: Her Parents Called The Podcast Lies — So She Came Back To Set The Record Straight (opens the original)
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Back in episodes 144 and 145, Christina told us about her toxic ex, her toxic childhood, and a four-wheeler ride that never should've happened while pregnant. This time she's back for a very different reason. Her parents found the podcast. They didn't love what they heard. And their solution wasn't a conversation — it was a demand: take it down, or else. So Christina came back to "continue lying." Allegedly. 🛏️ Being forced to sleep in her mom's bed until she was 15 — and punished for wanting he
Episode 191: JP Returns: The Divorce Is Final — But the War Was Just Getting Started PART II (opens the original)
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Last time, JP left us on a cliffhanger: her ex reported their own 18-year-old daughter to a federal watchdog agency, claiming she committed fraud on her FAFSA — all to keep his daughter out of a four-year college and off his child support bill. This week, the investigation reaches a verdict. But getting there means JP pulling an all-nighter in a hotel room, uploading three years of receipts down to the last 50 cents, while her daughter sleeps beside her on what's supposed to be a graduation cele
Episode 190: JP Returns: The Divorce Is Final — But the War Was Just Getting Started PART I (opens the original)
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Back in episode 154/155, JP told us about her marriage to a man she now simply calls "exhole." We left that story mid-sentence — she was still deep in the trenches of her divorce, and we promised to bring her back once it was over. It's over now. But "over" doesn't mean what you'd think. What follows is a year-long descent into a family court system that JP says is built to protect abusers, not survivors — and a masterclass in exactly how far a narcissist will go to win. ⚖️ A biased judge who te
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