Kristin: Sibling loss in early life

Other People's Problems

CBC

Society & Culture

4.7 • 820 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Kristin’s brother died when she was very young and she blamed herself, the way children sometimes do. She has carried that unresolved shame for decades. As the anniversary of his death stirs up hard feelings, Dr. Hillary helps Kristin begin to heal this deep wound. She also guides adult Kristin, now a parent herself, toward saying the words she needed to hear as a child.

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0:00.0	A random influencer, a friend who read something somewhere, your doctor.
0:06.1	It can be hard to know where to get trusted health information.
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0:35.5	This is a CBC podcast.
0:39.3	How are you doing?
0:41.6	How the last few weeks have been?
0:43.7	Yeah, it's kind of funny, actually,
0:46.3	because my mom sent me a message,
0:49.1	and she was like, it's been 29 years today
0:53.3	since my brother's death.
0:55.0	Yeah.
0:56.0	I was like, oh, really?
0:59.0	And then it just kind of like, wow.
1:03.0	Was that shock?
1:04.0	Was that?
1:05.0	Well, yeah, it just kind of was like, wow, that's a really long time to just, like, be carrying this thing.
1:16.7	Hi, I'm Hilary McBride, and this is other people's problems.
1:21.0	This is a real-life therapy session between me and a client we're calling Kristen.
1:29.1	29 years ago, from the point that we're recording this session,
1:34.6	Kristen lost her younger brother.
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