What if you rescued everyone to save yourself? [Rebroadcast #198]
This Is Actually Happening
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4.6 • 10.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
A woman with severe harm OCD encounters the many faces of death and dying but finds renewal in caring for others and ultimately herself.
Today's episode featured Rachel. You can find out more about her on Facebook at fb.com/RachelHillestad.
Content/Trigger Warnings: homicidal thoughts, harm OCD, death, sexual assault, mention of
suicide, suicidal thoughts, explicit language
Producers: Whit Missildine
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.1 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. Today we continue with the second episode of our annual three-week |
| 0:18.1 | winter holiday rebroadcast series. We'll return with all new episodes |
| 0:22.1 | starting January 16th. |
| 0:24.0 | Today's rebroadcast episode, |
| 0:25.7 | What If You Rescued Everyone to Save Yourself? |
| 0:28.2 | Originally aired as episode 198 on August August 10, 2021. |
| 0:34.5 | When I knew I was dying, I knew that I wasn't going to have the anxiety or the OCD brain. |
| 0:40.0 | It was just going to be over. |
| 0:42.0 | Even if there was nothing after death, even if it was just going to be over. Even if there was nothing after death, |
| 0:43.7 | even if it was just a black hole of nothingness, |
| 0:46.3 | it was going to be over. From Wundery, I'm Witt Misleine. You are listening to this is actually happening. Episode 198. |
| 1:14.0 | What if you rescued everyone to save yourself? |
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