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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I Feel Unemotional About My Mom’s Illness

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Jaime wants to be compassionate with her sick mom, but the two are not close and she doesn’t really want to see her. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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Hi, Dr Laura, thank you for taking my call.

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You're welcome.

0:49.6

I just wanted to ask her opinion. I've had a difficult relationship with my mother most of my adult life.

0:57.8

So I did distance myself from her and just your adult life not your adult life,

1:03.0

adult life?

1:04.0

When I think back now, as I have gained perspective as I've gotten older and I'm a mother,

1:10.0

myself, of teenagers, yeah, it probably was all of my life, but it wasn't recognized by me

1:18.6

until I got married and had children on my own. She has always...

1:25.0

What did you recognize at that point?

1:27.6

What is it you recognize?

1:29.6

That she expected to be, especially after my father passed away, the center of my universe, not my husband, my children.

1:38.7

And she expected that she wasn't very happy I had a life on my own.

1:46.8

And how were you certain of that?

1:50.0

She would say stuff to me if I was happy about something, maybe going out for a night with my husband,

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