Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences, as it discusses topics that can be upsetting,

such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, rape, and murder.

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Thank you so much for listening.

You think you know me, you don't know me well at all, at all.

You can't know me, you know,'t know anybody

Until you told someone Hi, I'm Sarah.

I grew up in a household that my dad left when I was a baby.

He left for himself because he just, I don't think, saw himself in the dad role.

He was a good dad as dad's go.

I mean, he paid child support and told me how much you love me all the time, but he always chose himself over me. My mom has struggled with alcohol my entire life. Definitely narcissistic tendencies. And from a very young age, I learned that people don't want to hear what I have to say. My parents told me a lot

if I spoke up or tried to defend myself that I was too sensitive. I've heard I'm too sensitive

my entire life. I'm too sensitive. I'm too emotional from a young age. If I tried to confront my

mom on anything, it was zero to a hundred.

We went from everything would be okay to my mom was screaming and running to the house and

could never control her emotions.

And I think when you grow up in that situation, especially when your parents struggle with addiction,

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