<p>In Episode 5 of After the Quiet, I explore how blame, guilt, and responsibility slowly shift in a coercive controlling relationship. Through personal reflection, this episode examines constant apologizing, fear of anger, unresolved conflict, intimidation, and the unspoken rules learned to keep the peace. A deeper look at emotional abuse, coercive control, and how self-blame and silence become survival strategies over time.</p>

In Episode 5 of After the Quiet, I explore how blame, guilt, and responsibility slowly shift in a coercive controlling relationship. Through personal reflection, this episode examines constant apologizing, fear of anger, unresolved conflict, intimidation, and the unspoken rules learned to keep the peace. A deeper look at emotional abuse, coercive control, and how self-blame and silence become survival strategies over time.

When Everything Becomes Your Fault

<p>After the Quiet is a reflective podcast about coercive control, emotional abuse, and the long aftermath of silence. Told carefully and without identifying details, it explores what control looks like from the inside—and what it means to reclaim voice, identity, and love after years of being unheard. This is not a story of blame, but of truth, resilience, and speaking when the quiet ends.</p>

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After the Quiet is a reflective podcast about coercive control, emotional abuse, and the long aftermath of silence. Told carefully and without identifying details, it explores what control looks like from the inside—and what it means to reclaim voice, identity, and love after years of being unheard. This is not a story of blame, but of truth, resilience, and speaking when the quiet ends.

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