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Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Do I Choose My Wife or Our Kids?

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.46K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Brian is in the difficult position of having to choose between appeasing his mentally ill wife or staying connected to their adult children and grandchildren. 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

0:06.8

heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.

0:13.0

Ryan, welcome to the program.

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Thank you.

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Well, just to start off, like everybody says,

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but in my case, I think on your longest list there possible,

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but either are. I said for years and years and years

0:25.2

and my kids are probably tired of it, but we'll talk to Laura I would say anyway.

0:30.0

I'm calling you because I've listened to you long enough to where I know you'll give it to me straight and I really do have a situation I thought never be calling you out but I think you'll tell me it's better than if I paid a therapist to tell me so I want your feedback.

0:43.0

So of course, 45 years of marriage,

0:45.8

so way too long of a story to go into that.

0:48.1

Large family, six children.

0:50.4

And trust me, if a doctor tells you

0:52.1

you can't have kids again, don't always believe them because the twins were quite a surprise but they've been one.

0:57.0

I hear that a lot, yes.

0:59.0

But anyway, the bottom line is there's so much to try to condense but I will is that my wife has always dealt with depression

1:07.0

I'm one of these people that be blessed to where I don't

1:11.7

She's also went through a period of time where she was dealing with psychiatrist.

1:16.0

It just pumped her up on medication so much to where she had a terrible Xanax addiction.

1:20.0

There's a reason for this, I'll explain why. And it just really was difficult and finally we put it for our foot down. My

1:26.8

oldest daughter and myself and took control and got her off that drug and helped her

1:30.5

tremendously. But she's also been diagnosed by a therapist with not

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