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Dec 2023
1h 11m

Mother, I Never Had You

Sven Erlandson
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Sven counsels two women with intense mother issues. Bobbie has lived a life of fear and terror, with a bipolar, schizophrenic mother who always says she ruined her life. Her mother doesn't recognize her own illness, and Bobbie desperately needs to learn to validate the need to take care of herself more than she takes care of others. Vida's oppressive mother has crippled her well-being all her life. She feels she was treated like an "emotional dumpster" and even considered suicide before the age of 5. She just wants to feel alive. Sven offers understanding, some appropriate outrage, and a ton of helpful guidance. Explicit content.

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