How Do I Let Go of the Past?

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🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Tina's painful childhood has followed her into adulthood. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day brought to you by Vibrients Super C serum, the skincare product I use twice a day.
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0:23.5	Tina, welcome to the program.
0:26.1	Dr. Laura, thank you so much for taking my call.
0:29.3	You're very welcome.
0:30.7	How can I help?
0:32.8	Well, firstly, I just want to preface by saying I find it ironic and funny that I'm calling you.
0:40.3	And my mom, who I'm actually calling about, told you in the 80s about my brother.
0:48.3	Ah.
0:49.3	So I just think it's very funny.
0:52.3	Okay.
0:53.3	But yeah, you know, I could take your whole show talking about my life, but I'm not going to do that.
1:01.5	So I guess I'm not really sure how to deal with my mom.
1:08.8	So basically, here's a short scoop of everything. So I grew up in a pretty
1:16.8	dysfunctional family. My dad was very abusive to all of us and sexually abused me from like
1:23.1	infancy to 13. And I had to testify against him him in court I never did tell my mom what happened
1:30.4	it was found out from one of my dad's many girlfriends she told someone so there's that and then
1:38.6	after that happened my twin brother started abusing me in my while I was sleeping so I did start telling my mom
1:48.2	hey I need help what do you have to do about this and she was like oh well just
1:53.0	just close your door you'll be fine he just she didn't believe me and she said
1:58.8	well who am I supposed to believe you or him?
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