Megan Bontrager

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518 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 14 Jul

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Talking Scared · 287 – Megan Bontrager & The Cave of Cosmic Narcissism · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

And I mean, it is supposed to be frustrating 'cause, you know, it it is frustrating to be someone like that and to be in a situation like that.

And I felt like I would be doing

People like Caro, a real disservice.

If I had her on page 50 be like, you know what?

Screw this guy, I'm out of here, you know?

Yeah.

I mean, in a way it never really ends, I feel like.

Um, I mean, 'cause I with my lived experience, even now, sometimes I'll catch myself really

thinking like oh I accomplished something.

Is my husband proud of me?

You know, like am I validated by this person?

Um s I mean

From the mother, Tebec, and then the Leviathan, it they do use the same tactics of kind of drip feeding praise under adverse circumstances.

But at least in the very end, you know, she's got Mallory to pull her out of the Leviathan's clutches, kind of, no spoilers.

But it is the same pattern, just in a different colour every time.

Oh yeah, I mean I I was doing a PhD for the the life of this book.

I'm no longer doing the PhD for various reasons.

Thank you.

Get me out.

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