I'm Lost After My Dad's Passing

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Nineteen-year-old Luke feels unsure of his next steps as he mourns his father's unexpected passing. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live
0:04.7	radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on
0:08.9	serious xm triumph 111. Luke welcome to the program.
0:13.0	Hello, Dr. Laura, thank you for taking my phone call.
0:17.0	You are very welcome.
0:19.0	Are you? What's wrong?
0:21.0	A week ago today I had lost my father unexpectedly. He had a stroke he was he was every he was everything
0:37.0	uh man should be he loved his family it's really hit everybody hard and I don't know how I don't know what my next steps are I just don't I feel like I've been going through these days and I'm not really living them. I'm just getting through these days and I'm not really living them I'm just getting through
0:54.8	them and I don't know what's next.
0:59.0	How old are you?
1:01.4	I'm 19. Let me say a couple of things.
1:06.0	Number one, this is normal.
1:10.0	The craziness you're feeling right now, the sense of confusion, is normal.
1:17.0	You have to go through this. This is what it's like at 19 to lose a dad you loved.
1:25.0	It's shitty.
1:29.0	Yeah. You know my mom she picked me out in the middle of the night whenever she called me.
1:47.2	He walked into the house and as a lot of the clock was going off because he was going
1:50.6	to work and give us, hmm. He was just, I just, I just couldn't go to help him.
1:57.0	I don't think it would even hit me yet.
1:59.0	It's shocking.
2:02.0	It's terrifying.
2:03.0	And what you're feeling is normal.
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