I Feel Like I've Lost My Dad Twice - Part 1

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🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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I Feel Like I've Lost My Dad Twice - Part 1: After 12 years of suffering with Parkinson's disease, Nancy's father has died and she's having trouble remembering the dynamic dad he used to be. - Dr. Laura: "Take the time to mourn the dad he was." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:03.8	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:09.8	Nancy, welcome to the program.
0:12.2	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call.
0:16.0	My dad, who I was very close with recently passed away after a 12-year battle with Parkinson's disease.
0:24.9	He was extremely disabled and towards the anti-loss cognitive ability.
0:31.9	Now, while he was ill, I could not allow myself to remember the dynamic dad he was before he got sick
0:39.8	because it was too painful.
0:42.4	I went through anticipatory grief so long that now that he passed away, I see I lost him twice.
0:49.5	Now I find myself trying to get the memory of the healthy dad that's converting videos, voice messages,
0:56.7	which I have not watched yet.
0:58.5	Now I don't know who to mourn.
1:03.1	Oh, you mourn the dad that was.
1:07.9	Prior to.
1:09.4	Yeah.
1:10.3	Exactly.
1:11.7	Okay.
1:12.7	Yes, absolutely.
1:16.4	After 12 years, I'm having such a hard time trying to remember him, the photographs.
1:23.4	Well, you said you haven't looked at things yet, so start looking.
1:27.6	Start looking so soon.
1:29.1	Okay.
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