I Need a Break From My Mom

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Dr. Laura teaches Jennifer how to use the truth to set her free from the constant emotional caregiving her mother needs. 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 radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious XM Triumph 111.
0:11.0	Jennifer, welcome to the program. Hi Dr Laura. Hi, what can I help you with?
0:18.0	So I have been married for 23 years or a wonderful man thanks to your proper
0:24.5	care and feeding of husbands I really have changed my ways I have two ugly
0:28.2	daughters age 20 and I have been
0:35.0	I have been struggling with...
0:37.0	The hell you need me for.
0:38.0	Why do you need me?
0:40.0	Everything is working beautifully.
0:42.0	Except for my case. Everything is working beautifully.
0:44.0	Except for my case. Yeah, okay. Tell me what's happening.
0:48.0	So my parents have been sick for 17 years.
0:53.5	When I say sick, my mom has had cancer six times.
0:57.2	My dad has lost his leg to diabetes
1:00.2	and almost refuses to take care of himself. And I am
1:04.3	am struggling between their physical and emotional support.
1:09.6	My parents over share their emotional needs when they fight, they get me involved,
1:16.0	when things are going badly, they get me involved, like I am their caregiver and savior and I need to know I need to know our
1:28.8	guest learn to do what's right for being a good daughter and also maintaining my lovely family and it's
1:36.9	getting too hard for me. Your definition of being a good daughter is not a correct definition.
1:45.0	Okay.
1:47.0	So being responsible for your family, I don't know how much you've sacrificed them for this, but you have over defined good daughter, over defined it.
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