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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The problems surrounding Linda's failed marriage are seeping into her current romance. 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.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
0:09.0	Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Linda, welcome to the program.
0:13.7	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.3	Hi.
0:16.7	Hi.
0:18.0	I was just wondering.
0:20.2	I was married for 30 years. I'm 59 years old. Um, was in a very
0:26.1	unhealthy relationship. I, um, what made it unhealthy? What made it unhealthy? Um, he, he got, um, addicted to drugs.
0:41.1	He couldn't hold a job and his self-esteem was so low.
0:45.1	He just always like talked poorly to me to a point that I couldn't even speak.
0:53.4	Like at the end of our relationship, I couldn't even talk in a full sentence.
0:57.3	I basically was, I think my counselor at that time said I probably wouldn't be here right now
1:09.0	if I didn't leave them because of how mentally
1:14.6	abused.
1:14.9	Did your counselor ever ask you what took you 30 years?
1:20.3	She was waiting a long time.
1:23.3	No, I'm asking you, did the therapist say, why did you stay with this situation for 30 years and waste your life and cause your mental decline?
1:35.0	She didn't ask you that?
1:36.1	You know, she would ask me, like, why are you with, you know, questions like that.
1:47.5	Well, I'll ask you.
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