This Relationship is Weighing Me Down

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Should 21-year-old Pierce continue trying to rescue his damsel in distress or move on and focus on his own future? 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 downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Pierce, welcome to the program.
0:15.1	Hello, Dr. Laura. Hi, Pierce. What can I help you with?
0:26.7	Well, I'm sorry if I'm a little shaking on my voice. I've never talked to my feelings,
0:35.6	especially on the live program. But I don't know what to do in my relationship right now. I have lots of concealing or conflicting interests and I just have a ton of stress on my shoulders. It's really weighing me down.
0:48.4	How old are you? 21.
0:53.5	Okay. What are the conflicting issues?
0:58.0	Tell me what those are.
1:00.0	Um, to start, my girlfriend moved from Indiana to Oklahoma, where I'm in college now.
1:13.6	And she was my ex before coming.
1:18.6	And she's had a lot of personal issues, a lot of family,
1:24.6	lots of narcissism, parents, and abuse.
1:31.5	So she just needs a lot.
1:34.0	She's also, she is autistic and she has an undiagnosed autoimmune disease.
1:43.3	So it feels like I'm the caretaker, right?
1:46.7	Well, Pierce, Pierce, Pierce, Pierce, Pierce, you sound like you're a nice guy, but you should
1:52.1	never have taken this on. Yeah. And I know you feel like a guilty heel and a terrible man for thinking you should not be taking this on.
2:05.1	But you should not be taking this on.
2:09.0	This is not going to set you up for marriage and kids and all that.
2:12.9	There are too many problematic situations here.
2:16.9	And I realize it kind of tugs at your heart and you want to be
2:20.5	the hero, but this is not a good idea at all. Do you think that the external factors that I've
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