Stages of Grief: Denial | Jessimae Peluso

Sharp Tongue

Jessimae Peluso

Health & Fitness, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Mental Health

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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EPISODE 8: The Stages of Grief: Denial Dying Laughing with Jessimae Peluso We’re kicking off the first stage of grief...Denial. You know… that magical headspace where you tell yourself everything’s fine, even when your 15-year-old dog is basically applying for Social Security. In this episode of Dying Laughing, I share how denial has shown up in my life (spoiler: a lot), why dogs are little time capsules, and I read submissions about the funniest, most relatable, and most painfully human ways people and their families have lived in denial. From pretending a breakup was “just a break” to ignoring that Grandma’s wig was on backwards at the funeral this one’s honest, hilarious, and maybe a little too real. 💬 Email us your own moments of denial—I might read them in a future episode. 📌 Don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next stage of grief. Dying Laughing Sad B!tch Spotify playlist: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oEPcojn4F8tAl93m7O8dm?si=XvGd7MXASIyUh5qSIFUcmQ&pi=fzUNvYr0SP2oG⁠⁠⁠ CALL/TEXT US: 513-916-0930 EMAIL: [email protected] Outro music: Breathe by Two Person Sex Cult FOR MORE FUN IN YOUR LIFE...FOLLOW JESSIMAE! SUBSCRIBE TO THE DYING LAUGHING POD: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/DyingLaughing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUPPORT THE FAN CLUB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SEE JESSIMAE LIVE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/jessimaetour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CHECK OUT JESSIMAE’S WEBSITE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/Jessimae⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW JESSIMAE ON IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://found.ee/InstaJess⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BOOK A CAMEO: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/cameo-with-jessimae⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friend, welcome back to another episode of Dying Laughing.
0:03.7	I am your host, your grief guru, your comedy death dula, Jesse May Paluso.
0:08.4	And today we're talking about the first stage of grief, denial.
0:12.7	It's that magical headspace where your brain goes, nope, not happening, everything's fine.
0:18.4	Meanwhile, nothing is fine.
0:20.4	But your mind's basically wrapping you an emotional
0:22.8	bubble wrap so you can get through the day. Denial, it gets a bad rap, but honestly, I think it can be
0:28.1	kind of cozy. You can even convince yourself of anything. They're not gone. They're just on a trip in
0:33.3	Italy. We're not broken up. We're just on a break. My 15-year-old dog isn't 15. He's still a puppy.
0:39.1	And in this episode, I'm sharing how denial showed up after my parents died and in other losses
0:44.7	and why it sometimes makes us do the weirdest things. And we'll talk about why our brains use it
0:51.4	to protect us and how long it can stick around. And the moment it starts to crack and reality comes rushing in, it's messy, it's human,
0:58.8	and yes, we'll laugh about it, of course.
1:01.3	But sometimes the only way to face grief is to roast ourselves for the things we did to avoid it.
1:06.2	Let's get into it.
1:07.3	Or maybe not.
1:08.1	I don't want to.
1:09.3	Get into what?
1:10.4	Nothing's happening.
1:19.2	Hey everybody. Welcome to Dying Laughing with Jesse May. I almost said Sharp Tongue,
1:24.2	but it does feel like a Sharp Tongue episode. This is an episode of dying laughing.
1:28.8	We are getting into all of the stages of grief. This episode is completely about denial.
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