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The Dr. Laura Podcast

My Childhood Is Ruining My Life

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

My Childhood Is Ruining My Life - Angela's physical and emotional health is deteriorating as she deals with the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. - Dr. Laura: "While help was something you never had when you needed it, now you need to be open to people taking care of you." - What has helped you recover from a bad childhood? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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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 two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 11 and Jala welcome to the program.

0:13.0

Hi Dr. Laura. It's so it's a pleasure to be here. Hi. Thank you. What's happening?

0:19.0

I have a question. I grew up in a traumatic childhood as a very nervousness for some of the calls and I had traumatic childhood.

0:31.0

I was what made it traumatic what made it traumatic? Well my mom ran away with my dad. She was 13 and he was 23. So she was a teenager when she had my brother.

0:47.0

And then when she had me, she was going to board me and she decided not to in the very end. So I was born, but she never really, you know, we were never connected.

1:00.0

She my dad was a drug addict. I grew up in Miami area and he was in a gang and he took me everywhere with him and he would beat my mom and he would beat my brother.

1:14.0

And then when I really had a finger on me, I was like his child. My mom, just a advantage of lab. I was something happened at age of five. A family member died.

1:26.0

My mom was very strict with me and at the time she left me with some strangers that end up hurting me even more, but these strangers that she left me and my brother with gave us what they called cool laid, but I believe it's cool laid at the time.

1:43.0

I remember just a bunch of stars. My brother remembers being touched and we were both hurt.

1:51.0

And when I was eight, we didn't know what that what had happened when they were gone for about a week. So I don't know how long it happened.

1:59.0

I get a picture of this could probably be a movie. So I could what have you done? I know what have you done?

2:07.0

Since then in your life. Since then in my life. I basically the worst thing happened when I was eight.

2:17.0

No, no, no, this is why I fallen when you're 20 years. Let's forget being eight for a moment.

2:23.0

Okay. You're 40 now. Something around that.

2:28.0

I'm 48. 48. Okay. You're 40. Yeah. Since since 20 years old. What's been happening in your life? Tell me those stories.

2:38.0

I okay. I got my turn 18. I moved out my senior year into a new guy and moved in with him. I was a bad person. I was abused mentally and then a 25. What was your life?

2:54.0

25. I ended up marrying again. I died who was my best friend, but I didn't love. I wasn't attracted to it. Just kind of so with him to get out of the town that I was living in.

3:04.0

And I got a job working in an eye clinic, making a lot of money and I became in my 40. 30s. I became. I educated, got a degree in bachelor's degree and a technology degree. And I was making a ton of money.

3:22.0

And I was married and then I found out recently a few years ago I had some colon issues and it has to do with me being victimized as a child.

3:37.0

And what colon issue is related to your childhood? What is that?

3:42.0

What is it called? A colonic and Nurgia. And what does that mean? What does it do? I'm basically means that the lower abdomen. It doesn't work. My lower colon.

3:54.0

And so when food goes through, it's called a gut neurological reactions. This new thing that's going around.

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