294: What if you shot your girlfriend?
This Is Actually Happening
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4.6 • 10.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Escaping a world of gangs and drugs, a man joins the military and becomes a veteran of Iraq, but the scars from his past, PTSD and a TBI haunt him until a fateful day when he faces the ultimate demons.
Today's episode featured Daniel Norwood. If you'd like to reach out to Daniel, or make donations to his family, you can email at Danielnorwood281@gmail.com.
Daniel's story came to us by way of Todd Rennebohm (wren-a-bomb). Daniel was originally featured on Todd's podcast, Bunny Hugs and Mental health, which focuses on conversations with survivors, professionals and families of those who have lost someone to mental illness and addictions. So please check out Bunny Hugs and Mental Health, and a special thanks to Todd for referring today's guest.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: abuse of a child, gun violence, drug use, attempted murder, murder, war, bombing, graphic bodily injury, 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. |
| 0:18.3 | The world is a fucking fire right now. |
| 0:21.9 | They say no fucking combat shit. |
| 0:24.1 | They say no gangster shit. |
| 0:26.1 | They say no beef shit. |
| 0:27.9 | This is um, you fucked up, you fucked up, and you're going hell. |
| 0:45.6 | From Wondry, I'm Whit Missaldine. |
| 0:48.9 | You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 0:57.9 | Episode 294. |
| 1:00.9 | What if you shot your girlfriend? |
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