I’m Angry at My Evil Dad

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Bonnie doesn’t want to give herself credit for changing her life after her father’s evil actions. 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 listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious xm triumph 111.
0:11.0	Bonnie welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:16.0	Hi, what's up?
0:18.0	Okay, well, thank you for taking this call.
0:22.0	I am trying to make my, thank you. I am trying to make
0:28.6	my father dead to me
0:32.3	What does that mean? What is dead to you mean? It means, count him as not part of my life anymore because he did some bad things to my
0:48.0	sisters and I and I I'm having a very hard time just letting him go like because the anger you know I have a
1:00.4	lot of anger I have a project ahead of. I have a project to write everything down that he's ever done and then forgive him.
1:09.0	I thought I had forgiven him.
1:11.0	That is such crap. Who told you to forgive him? That is such bull crap. Anybody who told you that handed you
1:19.9	bull crap. You don't forgive it and you don't have to have him dead to you.
1:27.5	And the more you spend time and the more that you ruminate on this, the more negative and upset and focused on things other than the quality of your life.
1:39.0	There's a difference between letting something go because it's so destructive and disruptive to today.
1:47.5	It's not a matter of forgiveness.
1:50.1	Somebody did something evil.
1:52.1	You don't forgive them, ever.
1:55.4	They don't have to be dead.
1:57.1	You just, you just, you must
2:01.4	pull yourself together to face a life without the anger.
2:07.0	You're justified in being angry. That doesn't mean you have to be angry every day.
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