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Stories We Weren't Supposed To Tell

Stories We Weren't Supposed To Tell

Written by: Sunshine Faye
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Welcome to Stories We Weren’t Supposed to Tell.

This is a survivor led podcast where we speak the truth about abuse, manipulation, and what it really takes to rebuild your life after it.

These aren’t watered down stories.

These are real experiences from real people who lived it, survived it, and chose to tell it anyway.

You’ll hear the patterns most people miss

love bombing, gaslighting, control, trauma bonds broken down in a way that finally makes sense.

Alongside each story, we dive deeper with The Manipulation Whisperer episodes, connecting the dots between what happened, why it happened, and how to take your power back.

This space is for the ones who:

– questioned their reality

– stayed longer than they should have

– are trying to find themselves again

And it’s also for the ones watching from the outside

the friends, the family, the people who have ever asked:

“Why didn’t they just leave?”

This will help you understand what abuse actually does to a person

how it rewires thinking, creates attachment, and makes leaving far more complex than it looks.

You’re not crazy.

You’re not alone.

And you’re not the only one this happened to.

If you’ve ever felt like something wasn’t right but couldn’t explain why…

this podcast will give you the words for it.

And once you see it, you won’t unsee it.

Sunshine Faye ☀️

2026 Sunshine Faye
Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Sadie's Story-My Body Isn't Mine
    May 12 2026

    Randin shares an anonymous survivor story to Krystle about trauma, marriage, coercive control, sexual assault, shame, and the complicated aftermath of trying to heal while still blaming herself.

    This episode looks at the ways early trauma can shape a survivor’s nervous system, how coercion can hide inside relationships, why consent is not real when fear and punishment are involved, and how survivors often carry shame that never belonged to them.

    Sadie’s story is heavy, honest, and deeply human. It is not just about what happened to her. It is about what she survived, what she learned, and how she began rebuilding a life where safety, love, and truth could finally exist.

    Content warning: This episode discusses sexual assault, coercive control, domestic abuse, childhood trauma, grief, dissociation, CPTSD, postpartum depression, hypersexuality, and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care.

    Chapters

    00:00 Sadie’s anonymous story begins

    03:20 High school and early relationship dynamics

    08:30 Early trauma and survival patterns

    12:00 How trauma shaped her relationship with her body

    16:20 Marriage, pain, and pressure

    22:00 Coercion and survival sex

    29:00 Emotional punishment and control

    34:30 Carrying the marriage alone

    39:00 Power shifts and escalating behavior

    43:00 Dissociation and emotional survival

    49:30 Why this story was hard to tell

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    51 mins
  • Amber's Manipulation Whisperer Episode
    Apr 30 2026

    If you’ve already listened to Mother Knows Best, this is where everything starts to make sense.

    Because what Amber experienced wasn’t just a difficult childhood. It wasn’t just family drama.

    It was manipulation.

    The kind that starts so young you don’t even realize it’s happening the kind that teaches you fear instead of safety, confusion instead of clarity, and survival instead of self-worth.

    In this episode of Stories We Weren’t Supposed to Tell, we break down the patterns behind Amber’s story:
    fear-based control, emotional invalidation, parentification, gaslighting, triangulation, smear campaigns, and trauma bonding.

    This isn’t about retelling her story.
    It’s about helping you see it clearly.

    Because once you can name it, you can stop blaming yourself for it and start choosing something different.

    Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of childhood abuse, family trauma, and psychological manipulation. Please listen at your own pace.

    If you’ve ever felt like you had to be perfect to be safe, like your emotions were “too much,” or like you’ve been questioning your own reality this episode will help you understand why.

    Takeaways

    • Fear-based control teaches obedience, not safety
    • Emotional invalidation disconnects you from yourself
    • Parentification keeps children emotionally responsible for adults
    • Gaslighting distorts memory and reality
    • Triangulation and smear campaigns are control tactics
    • Perfectionism is often a trauma response
    • Trauma bonding is created through push-pull cycles
    • Awareness is the first step to breaking the pattern

    Chapters

    00:00 – Intro & Breakdown Purpose
    01:30 – Initial Reactions
    03:30 – Fear-Based Control
    07:30 – Early Conditioning & Triggers
    10:30 – Emotional Invalidation
    15:30 – Boundaries & Anxiety
    18:30 – Parentification
    22:30 – Dependency & Control
    26:00 – Gaslighting & Memory
    30:00 – Perfectionism as Survival
    33:00 – Body Image & Self-Worth
    36:00 – Triangulation
    38:30 – Smear Campaigns
    40:30 – CPS & Escalation
    42:30 – Trauma Bonding
    43:09 – Final Truth & Reframe
    44:30 – Resources & Closing

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    45 mins
  • Sadie's Manipulation Episode
    May 14 2026

    In this Manipulation Whisperer Randin and Krystle go behind the scenes of Sadie’s anonymous survivor story to break down what was really happening underneath the abuse.

    This episode dives into the trauma responses many survivors judge themselves for CPTSD, hypersexuality, trauma bonding, nervous system addiction, and the chemical withdrawal that happens when you finally go no contact.

    They unpack why survivors often go back, why sex can become wired into safety, and why healing can feel physically unbearable long after the relationship ends.

    Then they shift into the manipulation tactics used throughout Sadie’s story: sexual coercion, medical gaslighting, coercive control, weaponized incompetence, covert narcissism, DARVO, victim blaming, future faking, secrecy, and exploitation disguised as rescue.

    This is not just a discussion about Sadie.

    This is an educational breakdown for every survivor who has ever looked back at their own coping mechanisms and asked, why did I do that?

    Because sometimes the body survives long before the mind understands what happened.

    Trigger Warning: sexual assault, domestic violence, coercive control, trauma responses, narcissistic abuse, trauma bonds, childhood sexual trauma.

    CHAPTERS

    00:00 Intro + Why Sadie’s story needed a deeper breakdown
    01:23 CPTSD and living in a body trained for danger
    04:00 Hypersexuality after abuse and sex as a trauma response
    08:30 Trauma bonding, nervous system addiction, and chemical attachment
    14:45 No contact withdrawal and why survivors go back
    21:40 Practical healing tools: breath work, journaling, shadow work, somatics
    31:10 Sexual coercion, fawning, and compliance as survival
    35:20 Medical gaslighting, coercive control, and weaponized incompetence
    40:15 Covert narcissism, public charm, and isolation through responsibility
    44:10 Justin: predatory rescue, boundary testing, blackout exploitation, DARVO
    48:45 Victim blaming, future faking, guilt, and forced reporting
    51:10 Childhood trauma roots + piecing memory together
    52:38 Closing thoughts

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    55 mins
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