Letters for Gary EP8 She Lost 14 Kids and Never Got PTSD

What do you see when you put your headphones on? Reggie confesses his daydream: a jewellery heist across Europe, a night ride through a city tunnel, champagne on a boat in Monaco. Edna would rather not say (she says anyway). From there: why men daydream about dying and women about surviving, adults who interrupt kids' daydreams, parenting through fear, a grandmother who lost 14 of her 16 children and stayed completely serene, and why the trauma might hit hardest when you come home from the war.

Content note: strong language, and discussion of child mortality, war and trauma.

Letters for Gary is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:31 Gary, Our Mysterious Listener

01:32 The Daydreaming Confession Begins

23:45 Men vs. Women: Do We Daydream Differently?

47:47 Parenting Through Fear

49:25 The Woman Who Lost 14 Children

53:04 Environment, Trauma & Why Some People Don't Break

55:04 Vietnam, Apocalypse Now & Returning From War

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