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287: What if you couldn’t explain his heinous act?

2023/7/18
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Andrea Schwam讲述了她复杂的家庭背景,父母关系紧张,母亲早逝,父亲在她成年后与新女友的关系以及最终的谋杀-自杀事件。她童年时期的霸凌行为、与母亲的冲突以及成年后的精神健康问题都与她的高功能自闭症诊断有关。她对父亲行为的解释和理解充满了挣扎,既有对父亲行为的谴责,也有对父亲精神状态的同情和对自身可能存在的责任感的内疚。她努力处理父亲留下的创伤,并试图向家人解释父亲的行为,但她仍然无法完全理解和释怀。

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Andrea Schwam discusses her childhood, growing up with undiagnosed autism, and the strained relationship with her parents, who had very different backgrounds and often fought.

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Growing up with undiagnosed autism and confronting her mother’s death at a young age, a woman struggles to understand herself and her family, but when her father commits an incomprehensible act, she is left tragically bewildered.

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**Producers: **Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Sara Marinelli

Content/Trigger Warnings:  domestic abuse, death, murder, suicide, animal cruelty, animal death, explicit language

 

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