Clyde Should Be Very Proud of Himself

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Clyde didn't have loving, caring parents, but somehow managed to make a good life for himself. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Clyde, welcome to the program.
0:15.5	Hi, Dr. Laura. Very nice to hear you.
0:18.7	Hi. Thank you. What can i do for you i just have a unresolved issue like my dad recently
0:28.8	just passed away and uh when i was a kid he would always i would always beat me up and put me down
0:36.8	clyde clyde did you call because you thought we could resolve it after he's dead?
0:44.6	No, just to how like I don't know why he would push me away after him dying and still not wanting to see me.
0:52.4	Because he's not a nice man, doesn't let people close, he has terrible guilt for how he behaved.
0:58.6	Is that enough of a list or do you want more?
1:04.0	Yeah, and how my brother and my sister kept me away from him for his wishes.
1:10.4	Like, I don't know, I'm just, I guess I never got his wishes. Like, I don't know.
1:10.9	I'm just, I don't know.
1:12.0	I guess I never got closure, I guess.
1:15.3	There isn't any closure.
1:17.1	There are things we will never understand.
1:19.2	There are things we'll never be happy to accept.
1:22.4	He was a difficult, confused, not very nice person, and violent.
1:30.0	Yes, totally right.
1:32.5	So, frankly, he's dead.
1:34.8	Sorry, it was very hard growing up for you.
1:38.1	Would you say you're a pretty good guy who's doing reasonably well in life?
1:43.7	Yeah, I think I'm doing pretty good now.
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