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The Dr. Laura Podcast

You Can't Rationalize With an Irrational Person

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Katie's attempts to have discussions with her mentally ill and drug-addicted sister aren't going well. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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Sirius XM Triumph 111.

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Katie welcome to the program. Hi Dr Laura, Triumph 111. Katie, welcome to the program.

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Hi, Dr. Laura, thank you so much for taking my call.

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You're welcome.

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I am 50 years old and I have a sister that's a couple years younger.

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She has had lots of just kind of on and off mental health issues,

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depression, anxiety, and then some alcoholism and drug use. About nine months ago I received a

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letter from her that was four pages long basically saying what you know attacking me as a

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mother as a daughter as a sister, neighbor, employee, everything.

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And we have not spoken since then.

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She won't answer any of my calls or anything

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to try to talk about you know what prompted

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okay let me go back over this she's an alcoholic a drug addict and mentally ill

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and you're taking into account do you want to hear what I responding with from what you said?

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