Why Am I Shutting Down?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ann is going through a divorce after 25 years of marriage, and she's wondering why she feels absolutely nothing. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast.
0:03.3	You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.7	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time
0:10.0	on Sirius XM Triumph 1-11.
0:12.8	And welcome to the program.
0:15.2	Hi Dr. Laura, thank you for taking my call.
0:17.9	My pleasure.
0:19.4	What do I take for you?
0:20.4	So here's what's going on.
0:23.0	Been married 25 years and through the course of the entire marriage,
0:28.0	a lot of financial abuse and verbal abuse.
0:32.2	Before hand marriage did not know any of this
0:36.0	was part of the whole scenario.
0:39.5	So after all that time and some consistent my bailing out,
0:44.8	my husband financial disasters running up secret credit cards
0:49.2	yet without me knowing, I got tired of it and I thought for divorce.
0:53.4	And going through that right now.
0:55.1	But my issue is I'm a little perplexed with myself
0:58.9	because I feel like I've shut off and I have no emotion
1:04.3	about any of it anymore.
1:06.5	And I've been seeing a counselor but she has not been able to help me figure out
1:11.1	why am I so emotionally shut off of all of it?
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