Smear campaigns don’t always come with pitchforks — sometimes they show up with passive-aggressive Facebook posts, group texts masked as “checking in,” or sudden surges of “concern” from people who never cared before you set boundaries.
This episode is for the survivors who are being targeted simply because they chose to heal. It’s for the truth-tellers who walked away from dysfunction and are now being painted as dangerous for daring to speak. It’s about the quiet rage of watching people twist your story, rewrite your character, and use the language of care as a cover for cruelty.
We’ll talk about why smear campaigns happen, how narcissists weaponize empathy to build an army, and what to do when your name is being dragged through the mud — not because you lied, but because you told the truth out loud.
If it was really concern…
you wouldn’t be bleeding.
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