This 27-minute episode from Kerry McAvoy's 'Breaking Free from Narcissistic Abuse' podcast addresses reactive abuse—a pattern where abuse survivors, after prolonged provocation and emotional depletion, finally react emotionally or verbally, which abusers then weaponize as evidence of the survivor's instability. McAvoy…
Worth it if you're a survivor questioning whether your emotional reactions during an abusive relationship mean you were the problem, or if you're seeking grounding techniques and reframing for reactive abuse patterns.