Moving Forward After a Sudden Death of a Spouse

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Kim is struggling to rebuild her life after the shocking and heartbreaking self-inflicted death of her husband. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:34.4	Kim, welcome to the program.
0:37.2	Hi, Dr. Laura. Hey, hi. What's up? Oh, I sent you a letter regarding
0:44.2	my husband that passed away in October of 2024. He died from autoerotic affixiation.
0:55.3	And so I've just been having a hard time dealing with that, and I was just looking for some advice.
1:04.2	Advice about what?
1:07.1	Just how to process it and how to move on from it.
1:12.3	Well, you have moved on. That was two years ago. You get up. You have breakfast. You clean the house. You have friends. You may have family. You've moved on.
1:21.2	That's true. I still, I still have a lot of anger and a lot of resentment, and I cry a lot.
1:30.5	I don't blame you.
1:32.1	Yeah.
1:32.3	Oh, you got to stop that.
1:34.1	What's the crying about?
1:36.1	Well, it doesn't happen until I go to bed at night when everything's quiet and I don't have much to do after bedtime.
1:41.6	And what's your thought?
1:42.8	What is your thought that makes you cry?
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