# Emotional Abuse Changes Your Brain S4 ep35

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Podcast: [2 Be Better](https://stenobird.com/podcast/2-be-better-5922585)
Published: 2026-08-28T13:00:02+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3440

## Resource

If you've ever questioned your reality after a toxic relationship, struggled with emotional abuse, or found yourself repeating unhealthy relationship patterns, this episode is for you. Chris and Peaches respond to a powerful listener email from a 21 year old woman trying to rebuild her life after years of emotional manipulation, gaslighting, blame shifting, and trauma bonding. Together they unpack how childhood wounds shape our adult relationships, why we give away our personal power, how emotional abuse rewires the nervous system, and what it actually takes to break free from cycles of chaos. This conversation explores attachment styles, boundaries, self worth, emotional regulation, and the difficult process of learning to trust yourself again after surviving unhealthy relationships. Throughout this episode, you'll learn how to recognize emotional manipulation, stop confusing chaos with love, rebuild confidence after abuse, and create relationships built on respect instead of fear. Chris and Peaches also discuss parenting, childhood trauma, nervous system healing, personal accountability, and why healing begins by reclaiming ownership of your own life. Whether you're recovering from narcissistic abuse, struggling with anxious attachment, overcoming people pleasing, or simply trying to build healthier relationships, this episode offers practical insight, honest conversation, and encouragement to help you stop surviving and start living. Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support .

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