Grief Looks Different on Each Person

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🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Matt wonders if he's insensitive since he doesn't feel as sad about the death of his pets as other callers seem to. 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 1111.
0:12.4	Matt, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Matt, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hey, Dr Laura.
0:17.0	I'm not trying to be disrespectful to anyone or any callers or anyone who is maybe feeling a certain way similar to the
0:30.4	caller you just had about losing their golden retriever, losing that dog.
0:35.0	I was just talking to your screen or about, maybe I'm missing something within me where I just, I don't understand how to be so emotionally
0:48.2	and this is the wrong word wrecked or emotionally not even attached I get the attachment part of it but I just
0:59.5	feel like I don't know that I would be as frozen or as devastated in the sense that I can't move on.
1:07.0	So am I missing something because I don't have that sense?
1:10.0	I don't think any, even one person has called me about their animal passing saying
1:16.2	they can't move on I have not had that once in almost 50 years they've said they're
1:21.8	very sad.
1:23.0	But nobody has said I can't go on.
1:26.0	Typically that happens when a spouse dies or a child does
1:31.0	unexpectedly.
1:32.0	And then it's very hard for people to think about a life
1:35.5	guilt of being alive when their spouse or their kid is dead so but I haven't heard that
1:41.0	about an animal but yeah have you ever had a pet?
1:45.0	Yes.
1:46.0	And what was your experience with your pet?
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