Season 2 | Now this story is ours

You Probably Think This Story’s About You

Brittani Ard

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Relationships

3.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Brittani Ard returns to the tangled web of memories, wounds, and connections that shape our lives. After sharing her own story in the first 8 chapters, she’s pulling on the delicate threads that tie our histories to who we are today. Brittani knows that even though our pasts shape who we are, we hold the power to make sure it doesn’t define who we want to be. It’s not just her story anymore—it’s about the people she’s met, their experiences intertwined with hers, and the universal truths hidden in the most personal details. A woman embarks on a quest to find a photograph of her abusive ex. A foster youth trades black trash bags for her voice. The story of returning to an old relationship with new found power and finding love. You Probably Think This Story’s About You isn’t just an unraveling—it’s the messy, beautiful, sometimes painful ways our pasts can shape us, and the power we have to chase joy during the highest and lowest moments. BDE Unlimited Productions __________ *Some names and details have been changed to conceal the identities of those who wish to remain anonymous. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Call or Text 988 https://www.988lifeline.org Childhelp Call or Text 800.422.4453 https://www.childhelphotline.org/ National Drug Helpline call 844.289.0879 https://www.drughelpline.org/ National Domestic Violence Hotline www.thehotline.com HelpGuide Narcissist Abuse Resource https://www.helpguide.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The funny thing about diving into your past is you don't know how much weight you're going to have to shed before you can come up for air.
0:10.1	So that's when I reached out to the girl.
0:13.6	I think for the two of us, it's not just our story. Our stories are kind of intertwined.
0:20.9	There have been so many times in my life where I have wondered if I have walked past him on the street, if I would recognize him now.
0:30.8	I don't think of myself as being someone that phrases. I think of myself as being someone that would fight. It never felt
0:38.8	right to me. I never told anybody. I didn't tell my sister. The good no longer outweighs the bad,
0:44.8	and I need you out of my life. Later on in life, I would actually question to you, like, was she also
0:50.0	abused? It was a very dark time for me in that household. For the first time in my life,
0:57.3	there was no way for me to even try to have control. And so I just kind of let it go.
1:06.2	It's not something that ends. You probably think this story's about you.
1:14.0	I'm Brittany Ard.
1:16.5	And as some of my stories start, it was being introduced to a man.
1:23.0	This isn't just my story anymore.
1:26.9	New episodes drop Tuesdays starting on December 31st.
1:31.7	Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
1:35.8	You guys are all depressed.
1:37.1	You have no idea what I've put these people through.
1:42.9	There is usually like me bawling, a bottle of whiskey, and so like depressed is...
1:50.2	You need to get clean next to sponsor you.

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