Things Aren't as Bad as They Seem

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Mason finds a new and improved way to look at life. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
0:09.0	Sirius XM Triumph 11th.
0:11.4	Grandma and Mason, welcome to the program.
0:15.2	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:17.1	Hi, Grandma. Back.
0:19.5	Hello, how are you?
0:23.6	I'm good. Okay, Mason, how old are you? I'm 15.
0:25.6	And how can I help? What's on your mind?
0:29.6	Recently, I reached out to my biological mother for the first time in 15 years.
0:40.3	My nana has raised me my whole life and I wanted to know who my mom was, who, what she was like.
0:49.3	And so last week we met in person and I don't know how to feel about it.
0:58.2	I'm very confused.
0:59.3	Well, the point is you have feelings about it, so just tell me what they all are.
1:04.4	You probably have more than one feeling.
1:06.0	Go ahead.
1:06.8	Tell me all of them.
1:09.6	I'm angry.
1:12.1	I have been for a long time.
1:17.0	I've said that I didn't have to reach out to her, but I made the choice too.
1:21.5	She didn't feel the need to reach out to me.
1:25.9	And I just, I wish she was a part of my life somehow, but she wasn't. She chose drugs over me. And I just, I wish she was a part of my life somehow, but she wasn't.
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