235: What if delusion consumed your family?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
“A family tree is not permanent…You’re allowed to trim some branches.”
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Jason Blalock
Episode Summary: After growing up with a patriarchal Christian family, a woman grapples with her father losing touch with reality when his delusions begin to dramatically unravel the family narratives
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Content/Trigger Warnings: domestic violence, abuse, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor, explicit language
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.2 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:07.6 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:18.2 | A family tree is not permanent. |
| 0:21.2 | You're allowed to trim some branches, |
| 0:24.5 | just because they are blood doesn't give them the right to be in your life |
| 0:31.3 | if they are taking away from your life. |
| 0:42.2 | From laundry, I'm Whit Missildine. |
| 0:44.4 | You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 0:56.4 | Episode 235. |
| 0:58.4 | What if delusion consumed your family? |
| 1:02.4 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to this is actually happening. |
| 1:08.4 | Add free on Amazon Music. |
| 1:10.4 | Download the app today. |
| 1:12.4 | My mom had a really difficult childhood. |
| 1:14.4 | Her mom, she was 15 and got pregnant by my grandfather, who was 21. |
| 1:22.4 | So they got married in 1990. |
| 1:26.4 | My mom had a really difficult childhood. |
| 1:30.4 | Her mom, she was 15 and got pregnant by my grandfather, who was 21. |
| 1:38.4 | So they got married in 1960 when she was 15 and he was 21. |
| 1:44.4 | And gave birth to their first child, who's my mom's older brother. |
| 1:50.4 | When my grandma was 17, she gave birth to my mom. |
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