My father was abusive in every way, and then when I was 12 years old, he actually publicly killed himself in a place that we were at with our friends and family.

Oh man, to get to the root of a couple of things, I'm going to have to make everybody uncomfortable.

What in the world is going on?

This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee, taking your calls on your mental and emotional health,

your relationships, your kids, your spouse, whatever you got going on in your life.

I'm so honored to sit with you and figure out what's the next right move no matter what you're going through.

Let's go out to Charleston, South Carolina and talk to Jane.

Hey, Jane, what's going on?

Hi, nice to talk to you, John.

It's nice talk to you. What's up? Um, so I have a lot of backstory, but I'll start with the question. Um, long story short, I'm pretty scared of my DNA. Um, I'm the youngest of six kids and we were

abused growing up, um, and my father suffered from mental illness.

And as we grew up, I kind of thought it just made us stronger, but now I'm watching all of my siblings' marriages fall apart.

And at this point, I'm the last one married.

And so I just want to know if there's a way to

avoid pretty much giving into our DNA.

Wow.

That's, it feels scary when you feel like you're not in control of your own body and what happens

next, huh?

Yeah, and I just feel a big sense of impending doom.

And my husband, I mean, he's just beautifully patient, and I've got a young son, and they're so pure,

and I just know that if something were to happen to our marriage, it would be a result of me.

It's not true, but I also know that that feeling and belief is very real inside your chest.

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