cover of episode 178: What if you couldn't tell him what really happened?

178: What if you couldn't tell him what really happened?

2021/2/16
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The narrator's mother moved her and her brother away from their father, cutting off all contact, and later revealed that her father had other families. This decision was influenced by her mother's drug addiction and subsequent mental deterioration.

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“Will I ever be able to be one of them ever again, or am I just like an alien now?”

 

**Producer: **Whit Missildine

 

Episode Summary: A woman finally escapes the trauma of her mother’s mental illness only to find a new, more horrifying monster in the very place she finds respite

 

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**Content/Trigger Warnings: **mental illness, domestic abuse, violence, child neglect, rape, sexual assault, suicide, explicit language

 

Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper

**Music Bed: **“Union Flow” - Spuntic

 

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