Branon Dempsey / Your Story Matters
@branondempsey.bsky.social
Helping Men Heal Their Wounds, Own Their Story, and Lead Their Life.
There’s No Place Like Dysfunctions For The Holidays 🎅
#Dysfunctional #Thanksgiving #FamilyDrama #Narcissist #Toxic #DownrightUnhealthy
#Dysfunctional #Thanksgiving #FamilyDrama #Narcissist #Toxic #DownrightUnhealthy
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There’s No Place Like Dysfunctions For The Holidays 🎅
#Dysfunctional #Thanksgiving #FamilyDrama #Narcissist #Toxic #DownrightUnhealthy
#Dysfunctional #Thanksgiving #FamilyDrama #Narcissist #Toxic #DownrightUnhealthy
When did you start believing you owed your heart to places it never wanted to stay?
You do not have to feel compelled to have a relationship that doesn’t serve a positive return.
You do not have to feel compelled to have a relationship that doesn’t serve a positive return.
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
When did you start believing you owed your heart to places it never wanted to stay?
You do not have to feel compelled to have a relationship that doesn’t serve a positive return.
You do not have to feel compelled to have a relationship that doesn’t serve a positive return.
No one should ever have to be twice the person they already are just to be accepted. And no one should ever shrink into half the person they think they should be.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
No one should ever have to be twice the person they already are just to be accepted. And no one should ever shrink into half the person they think they should be.
If you grew up in a home where every move was tracked, judged, or questioned, you learned to survive by performing. You learned to anticipate reactions. You learned to shrink or overachieve so you would not be criticized.
Being watched did not make you better. It only made you hypervigilant.
Being watched did not make you better. It only made you hypervigilant.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If you grew up in a home where every move was tracked, judged, or questioned, you learned to survive by performing. You learned to anticipate reactions. You learned to shrink or overachieve so you would not be criticized.
Being watched did not make you better. It only made you hypervigilant.
Being watched did not make you better. It only made you hypervigilant.
Why Men Struggle To Trust Themselves 🙋 even when they desperately want connection. If you grew up surviving more than being supported, trust was never taught. It was earned through pain, not safety.
#YourStoryMatters #MensHealing #TrustIssues #RelationshipHealth #MensMentalHealth #EmotionalRecovery
#YourStoryMatters #MensHealing #TrustIssues #RelationshipHealth #MensMentalHealth #EmotionalRecovery
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Why Men Struggle To Trust Themselves 🙋 even when they desperately want connection. If you grew up surviving more than being supported, trust was never taught. It was earned through pain, not safety.
#YourStoryMatters #MensHealing #TrustIssues #RelationshipHealth #MensMentalHealth #EmotionalRecovery
#YourStoryMatters #MensHealing #TrustIssues #RelationshipHealth #MensMentalHealth #EmotionalRecovery
When you speak your story out loud, you give your nervous system a chance to breathe. Trauma breaks connection, so healing requires connection. Not with everyone. Just with someone safe enough to hold your truth without judging it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When you speak your story out loud, you give your nervous system a chance to breathe. Trauma breaks connection, so healing requires connection. Not with everyone. Just with someone safe enough to hold your truth without judging it.
Thank you, Mary for sharing your story. The moment you put words to what you lived through, the grip of the experience begins to loosen. Survivors like us are not reliving it. We are releasing it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thank you, Mary for sharing your story. The moment you put words to what you lived through, the grip of the experience begins to loosen. Survivors like us are not reliving it. We are releasing it.
When they rewrite the story to protect their ego. They pretend they were the one who cared the most. They flip the script so they appear wise, calm, and helpful, even though their first reaction was to pretend the issue did not exist. This is not conflict resolution. This is image management.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When they rewrite the story to protect their ego. They pretend they were the one who cared the most. They flip the script so they appear wise, calm, and helpful, even though their first reaction was to pretend the issue did not exist. This is not conflict resolution. This is image management.
Men aren’t quiet because they don’t care. They’re quiet because somewhere along the way, they were scarred, abused & told real men don’t cry, don’t talk, don’t need anyone. But silence isn’t strength; it’s a false sense & lie of masculinity that is killing men slowly.
youtube.com/shorts/knNzc...
youtube.com/shorts/knNzc...
Why So Many Men Stay Silent 🤐
YouTube video by Branon Dempsey | Your Story Matters
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November 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Men aren’t quiet because they don’t care. They’re quiet because somewhere along the way, they were scarred, abused & told real men don’t cry, don’t talk, don’t need anyone. But silence isn’t strength; it’s a false sense & lie of masculinity that is killing men slowly.
youtube.com/shorts/knNzc...
youtube.com/shorts/knNzc...
Caring does not mean carrying everything.
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Caring does not mean carrying everything.
You don’t need their approval to reclaim your life.
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
You don’t need their approval to reclaim your life.
Children are not scapegoats. Children are not emotional dumpsters. Children are not stand-ins for someone else’s unhealed pain.
Branon Dempsey
#narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuse #traumarecovery #yourstorymatters #selfworth #narcabuse #mentalfitness #emotionalstrength
Branon Dempsey
#narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuse #traumarecovery #yourstorymatters #selfworth #narcabuse #mentalfitness #emotionalstrength
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Children are not scapegoats. Children are not emotional dumpsters. Children are not stand-ins for someone else’s unhealed pain.
Branon Dempsey
#narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuse #traumarecovery #yourstorymatters #selfworth #narcabuse #mentalfitness #emotionalstrength
Branon Dempsey
#narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuse #traumarecovery #yourstorymatters #selfworth #narcabuse #mentalfitness #emotionalstrength
15 or not, a child is never responsible for the violation and behavioral immaturity of an adult. You were not the problem. You were the convenient target.
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
15 or not, a child is never responsible for the violation and behavioral immaturity of an adult. You were not the problem. You were the convenient target.
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Them: Describe the United States of America...
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Toxic individuals don’t want to look in the mirror; they’d rather create the narrative where you are the villain and they are the victim.
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Narcissists don’t have to look in the mirror, they just point the finger. Don’t take the bait. Their reflection isn’t your responsibility.
👉Read Full Post On Substack
#Boundaries #HealingFromAbuse #NarcissisticParents
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👉Read Full Post On Substack
#Boundaries #HealingFromAbuse #NarcissisticParents
open.substack.com/pub/branon/p...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Narcissists don’t have to look in the mirror, they just point the finger. Don’t take the bait. Their reflection isn’t your responsibility.
👉Read Full Post On Substack
#Boundaries #HealingFromAbuse #NarcissisticParents
open.substack.com/pub/branon/p...
👉Read Full Post On Substack
#Boundaries #HealingFromAbuse #NarcissisticParents
open.substack.com/pub/branon/p...
Toxic individuals don’t want to look in the mirror; they’d rather create the narrative where you are the villain and they are the victim.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Toxic individuals don’t want to look in the mirror; they’d rather create the narrative where you are the villain and they are the victim.
Narcissists love to call you the problem because it keeps them from facing their behavior.
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Narcissists love to call you the problem because it keeps them from facing their behavior.
You cannot build trust where honesty is not present.
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You cannot build trust where honesty is not present.
You were never the problem. You were the one who spoke the truth, and threatened their lies.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You were never the problem. You were the one who spoke the truth, and threatened their lies.
Be the person you were before the world told you to be someone else
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Be the person you were before the world told you to be someone else
Ever had someone twist your words until you start doubting your sanity? That’s not a misunderstanding - that’s gaslighting.
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ever had someone twist your words until you start doubting your sanity? That’s not a misunderstanding - that’s gaslighting.
They want control, not truth. Don’t keep the peace by trying to prove your side.
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
They want control, not truth. Don’t keep the peace by trying to prove your side.
Ever had someone twist your words until you start doubting your own memory? That’s not miscommunication - that’s control.
Find out the eight common gaslighting phrases they use.
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Find out the eight common gaslighting phrases they use.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ever had someone twist your words until you start doubting your own memory? That’s not miscommunication - that’s control.
Find out the eight common gaslighting phrases they use.
👉See Comments for Article Link
Find out the eight common gaslighting phrases they use.
👉See Comments for Article Link
Narcissists are great at conditioning you to believe that your emotions are overreactions instead of signals that something’s deeply wrong.
October 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Narcissists are great at conditioning you to believe that your emotions are overreactions instead of signals that something’s deeply wrong.
🚨Podcast Drop: Fake Strong Men
Fake masculinity is not strength. That’s trauma acting. And until men take it off, the damage keeps multiplying. The question is: can men finally face the story that made them put on the mask in the first place?
👉Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Fake masculinity is not strength. That’s trauma acting. And until men take it off, the damage keeps multiplying. The question is: can men finally face the story that made them put on the mask in the first place?
👉Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
October 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨Podcast Drop: Fake Strong Men
Fake masculinity is not strength. That’s trauma acting. And until men take it off, the damage keeps multiplying. The question is: can men finally face the story that made them put on the mask in the first place?
👉Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Fake masculinity is not strength. That’s trauma acting. And until men take it off, the damage keeps multiplying. The question is: can men finally face the story that made them put on the mask in the first place?
👉Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...