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The Dr. Laura Podcast

#8 - Top 40 Countdown '23: How Can I Get Through This Pain?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Janet is scared that she won't be able to handle putting her sick dog down. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious xm. Triumph 111.

0:11.0

Janet, welcome to the program.

0:14.0

Hi, how are you Dr. Laura?

0:15.2

Hi.

0:16.0

Okay.

0:17.0

What can I help?

0:18.0

I'm calling you because, thank you.

0:22.2

Tomorrow we have to put our dog to sleep and I just don't know how I'm going to get through it.

0:32.0

And what do you mean by getting through it?

0:35.0

It means you'll die, you'll pass out, you'll throw up.

0:39.0

Tell me what you think getting...

0:41.0

No, no, no, I'm not being a smart-ass, tell me what you think getting, no no I'm not being a smart-ass tell me what you think

0:44.3

getting through it would look like.

0:46.6

I tried to think of that and he's he's been been no don't tell me about the dog don't tell me about your

0:56.8

dog I'm asking about you what does getting through it for you mean? No crying? No being upset? No being sad? What is it you

1:10.2

expect then? Just be okay. that you're going to have a lot of pain mean you don't have a lot of pain mean you don't

1:19.7

want to have pain wait a minute I want to know what my assignment is. You want to put your

1:24.9

dog down without feeling any pain, regret, loss. Yeah, regret they don't

1:32.0

have another 10 years with him, but mostly...

1:35.0

Well, that's not about tomorrow.

1:37.0

No, no.

1:39.0

I just want you to be rational for a moment as to what your expectation is because you're out of your

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