My Dad's Not Coping Well

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Jodi wonders if the way her father is acting since the death of his wife is normal. 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 downloading my call of the day podcast.
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0:10.0	on Sirius XM Triumph 1 11.
0:12.8	Shodi, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hi Dr. Laura.
0:16.9	I just needed some insight and how to cope
0:20.5	and deal with my father.
0:24.1	He and my mom had been married for six years
0:27.1	and my mom just recently passed back in January from cancer.
0:32.9	And my father is having a difficult time dealing with this.
0:39.2	And you know, I'm keeping him motivated to keep moving ahead.
0:43.6	Some of my challenges are I just I don't know if this is normal behavior for him.
0:49.0	I'm sorry.
0:50.4	So your father in your mind is a toddler.
0:55.8	All his decades of experience on the face of the earth
1:00.1	gave him no insight in awareness, energy, courage, nothing.
1:05.6	I mean, he's just a toddler.
1:07.3	And now that he's experienced something horrendous,
1:10.2	I'm just feeding you back so you'll think about how typically women think,
1:16.1	I'm sorry. Did you want to hear me out or not?
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