When a Father Commits Suicide
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2018
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
We all go through dark times in our lives. Whether it's financial difficulties, marital tension, struggles with our children, or failures in our work, we may sometimes wonder if we're simply a burden to all those around us.
Today's guest is Adam Schafer. He is a host on Mind Pump, one of the biggest podcasts on iTunes. Adam is not a dad, but he was the son of a father who committed suicide. Adam was seven years old when his dad shot himself, and the tragedy created a shock wave that still reverberates in Adam's life today.
Children whose fathers commit suicide have a 50/50 chance of being suicidal themselves. Adam struggled with isolation and depression because of the impact of his father's suicide. He shares how he uses times of darkness to forge himself into the man he is today.
For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/184.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:28.0 | What's up guys? What's up guys? |
| 0:29.0 | Hey, welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Larry Hagner. |
| 0:32.0 | I am your host and founder of the Dad Edge Podcast. I'm Larry Hagner. I am your host and founder of the |
| 0:33.9 | Dad Edge Podcast formerly the Good Dad Project Podcast. As you can probably hear in |
| 0:38.6 | my voice today's show is a tough one. It is very, very tough and I'm sure you could see by the show banner and the title of the show. This is no joke today. |
| 0:50.0 | And this is something I am really passionate about. |
| 0:58.7 | The reason I'm so passionate about this |
| 1:00.3 | is because I was at a point where I was contemplating taking my own life a year and a |
| 1:07.0 | half ago and I'll share that story with you in the middle of the show. |
| 1:14.0 | But I want to get right to the show today |
| 1:17.0 | just in honor of your time and your curiosity |
| 1:21.0 | because I know that's what you're here to listen to. |
| 1:26.1 | And if you're listening to today's show and you're having a dark time in your life, |
| 1:32.1 | things aren't going well in your marriage. Maybe it's tough to make the mortgage. |
| 1:36.8 | Maybe you can't relate to your kids and you're wondering what on earth am I doing here? Am I simply just a burden to other people around me? |
| 1:48.0 | And the answer to that question is, you are not. But see when we are emotionally wrapped up in all the |
| 1:57.5 | stress and all the burden and all the overwhelm in our life it's hard to see a way out. It's hard. There's no doubt about it. But |
| 2:10.0 | there is light at the end of the tunnel. |
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