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🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Escaping her troubled past, a suburban mother finds stability in marriage and family, but when her reality suddenly begins to fall apart, she descends into an underworld of chaos.
Today’s episode featured Billy Macy. If you’d like to reach out to her, you can email at [email protected]. This episode is the second of a two-part series featuring Billy and her sister, Misty Watterson. Misty’s story aired last week, as episode 318: What if your daughter went missing?
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: abuse of a minor, drug use, suicide attempt, sexual assault, missing persons, death, graphic bodily injury, explicit language
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0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
0:04.1 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. Hi, episodes featuring Billy Macy and Misty Watterson, two sisters who both had life-altering experiences that stem from a shared childhood and weave together in parallel storylines. |
0:30.0 | Last week we heard from Misty in episode 318 with the story of her missing daughter. |
0:36.0 | In her story she talks about her sister Billy, her mental health crisis, and her subsequent |
0:40.8 | involvement in the search for Allison. |
0:42.9 | Today we hear from Billy and what happened as she descended into a world of chaos. |
0:48.2 | So here it is, the second of this two-part series, |
0:51.1 | the story of Billy Macy, for today's episode, what if you couldn't find your way home? |
0:56.2 | It is almost like this is the afterlife, the afterlife that we all are trying to avoid. |
1:07.8 | You are kicked out of every single place. |
1:10.4 | You are a nuisance, you are a nuisance. |
1:13.0 | You are a liability. |
1:16.0 | There's no contact with the actual world. |
1:20.0 | And you're stripped of everything. |
1:23.0 | From Wundry, I'm Witt Misledyne. You are listening to this is actually happening. Episode 319. |
1:47.0 | What if you couldn't find your way home. |
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