In this emotional and honest conversation, Dan Dangler opens up about experiencing family abandonment and why she believes it’s not something that should be minimized or ignored. The focus of this interview is on emotional impact, boundaries, and self-worth, rather than blame or sensationalism.
This video takes a documentary-style approach to exploring how family estrangement can shape identity, mental health, and personal resilience. Dan shares her perspective on processing hurt, redefining support systems, and learning to prioritize personal well-being when traditional relationships fall away.
Ideal for viewers interested in real-life stories, mental health conversations, and candid interviews, this episode offers thoughtful insight into navigating difficult family dynamics with honesty and strength.
Whether you’ve experienced similar challenges or value mature discussions about healing and self-respect, this video provides context, compassion, and perspective.
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This video takes a documentary-style approach to exploring how family estrangement can shape identity, mental health, and personal resilience. Dan shares her perspective on processing hurt, redefining support systems, and learning to prioritize personal well-being when traditional relationships fall away.
Ideal for viewers interested in real-life stories, mental health conversations, and candid interviews, this episode offers thoughtful insight into navigating difficult family dynamics with honesty and strength.
Whether you’ve experienced similar challenges or value mature discussions about healing and self-respect, this video provides context, compassion, and perspective.
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00:00Can you tell us a little bit about growing up in your household?
00:02How strict were they?
00:04Oh, very strict.
00:05I couldn't wear, like, if I wore a V-neck, it was, you know, called out.
00:10You know, if I posted a bikini picture on MySpace with me and all my friends hanging out by the pool or Facebook, whatever.
00:17Wait, on MySpace?
00:19MySpace or whatever it was.
00:20How old are you?
00:21I'm 28.
00:22Was MySpace around when you were?
00:24Yeah, I'm at the end.
00:25I'm at, I'm at the end.
00:27I just feel like MySpace was so long ago.
00:29Yeah, I was on MySpace.
00:31I felt like nobody knew what MySpace was anymore.
00:33Oh, I got grounded for having sexual songs on my MySpace page.
00:37Like, yeah.
00:38I got, oh, I got, I got grounded left and right.
00:41My, my parents, I don't know.
00:44Like, sometimes I'm like, was, did I grow up fucked up?
00:47Like, you know what I mean?
00:50I'm like, I just grew up very strict household.
00:53My brother had a sickness growing up.
00:56Still does Crohn's disease, really.
00:58He has it really bad.
00:59And then my other brother went to Iraq.
01:01So they were always like on, like worried about them.
01:05So I was kind of always doing my own thing.
01:07Right.
01:07Just vibing.
01:08Right.
01:09And so you, I assume, went to church every Sunday, that kind of thing.
01:14Yeah, until I got a little older.
01:15And then when, what are your beliefs on, I'm just always curious about people's like belief
01:20in like a higher power or God or whatnot.
01:22What are your thoughts on that now?
01:24Um, I got confirmed as a Catholic.
01:28I begged my mom not to do it because I said, I'm not sure that I want to be a Catholic.
01:34But she said, it doesn't matter.
01:36We're going to get you confirmed, all this stuff, blah, blah, blah.
01:38So I am a confirmed Catholic, but I am not a Catholic.
01:43But do you believe like?
01:44I believe that we're here and whatever put us here doesn't want us to know why we're here.
01:49Otherwise, we wouldn't know why we're here.
01:52That's how I feel about it.
01:53I'm like, we have the ability to like look into the future and be like, oh, this is what
01:59the future is probably going to be like.
02:01But we can't look into the past and be like, what made us?
02:04You know what I mean?
02:05So that's what like, I'm like, maybe it doesn't want us to know.
02:08Like if we found out how we were made, like, I don't know, everything would explode or something.
02:14Well, I mean, maybe that would take away what we call the human experience, right?
02:17Yeah.
02:18Maybe we're in pods somewhere, you know?
02:20I mean, yes, that's like all things are possible, right?
02:24But I mean, maybe the part of the human experience is trying to figure out why we're here and what
02:29our purpose is.
02:30And also like, maybe it doesn't matter.
02:33Yeah.
02:33I mean, there's so many different ways you can go with it, right?
02:35I just try.
02:36I believe in karma.
02:37That's what I believe in.
02:38Yeah.
02:38So if I do something shitty or I think about if I'm like thinking about doing something
02:42shitty, I feel like something bad is going to happen to me.
02:45So I have the same values in that aspect.
02:49As a Christian person, treat others with respect and all that stuff.
02:53But yeah, obviously not in the sex area.
02:57I have a little bit of different morals.
03:01So, and you said that you don't talk to your parents at all anymore.
03:05No, they don't talk to me actually, I should have said.
03:08It's a them thing, which I actually don't mind talking about because I think it's really
03:14important for people in a position of wanting to do something, but then they have parents
03:20or family in their life that are like holding them back from doing it.
03:24Like their judgment.
03:25Like I know a lot of people like their parents want them to be this, but they want to be that.
03:30You know what I mean?
03:30And it's like, they don't become what they want because of the judgment in their life.
03:35And that's so shitty.
03:36Like you shouldn't have to conform to be somebody else for somebody else, you know?
03:41Yeah.
03:41It doesn't matter if they're your blood or not.
03:43Yeah.
03:43And them being your blood should accept you no matter what you do, as long as you're not
03:48hurting anybody else.
03:50Um, or at least have an open mind and have open discussions with you about it.
03:54Um, those are the things that you should receive once you decide to make the choices on your
03:59own, you know, but I didn't receive those.
04:02And that made me realize maybe it's a them problem and not a me problem.
04:06And it took me so long to figure that out.
04:11My whole life, 28 years, I would say to let go of my parents' grip finally and just be
04:17myself.
04:17Yeah.
04:18I mean, that's like the hardest thing.
04:19They say that your parents know how to push your buttons because they put them there,
04:22you know?
04:22Yeah, exactly.
04:24Yeah.
04:24But I mean, I have to say that that's admirable and I've definitely had people come on the
04:30show and talk about how they had to relinquish a toxic relationship with their family and how
04:35it was really hard because, you know, we want to believe that the people who made us and the
04:39people that we grew up with are the people that should matter the most in our lives and should
04:44be the most aligned with our values and what we want.
04:48And that's not the case for everybody.
04:49No.
04:50And that shouldn't hold you back from the things that you want to do in your life.
04:53Because when you become an adult, like then you can kind of create your own family.
04:57Yeah.
04:57You don't have to be bound to the people that made you if that relationship isn't working
05:03for you.
05:03And that's got to be a really hard thing to accept.
05:05It's really hard.
05:06And another thing is, too, is like you're only with your family.
05:10Like as a young, if there's like you have a, if there's young people listening to this
05:14and they're in this position, like you're only with your family for so long if you think
05:19about it.
05:19Like living with them, like all that stuff.
05:22It's such a small part of your life.
05:24The rest of your life is your life.
05:26And that's something that's not really taught.
05:28Like, you know, like I'm, this is mine.
05:31I have to figure this shit out on my own.
05:32Like, yeah, it's, I don't know.
05:34So I'm just, I think it's really important.
05:38Once you decide to make the choice for yourself to do that thing, it really opens up your eyes
05:44to how, um, you know, your relationships are with people and how they actually are.
05:49Yeah.
05:50It's interesting when you become an adult and you have that sudden realization that your
05:55parents aren't always right and that they're just human beings like the rest of us trying
05:59to make their way in the world and they make mistakes.
06:02And some of them are just not great parents, you know, because the thing is like anybody
06:07can have children.
06:08Yep.
06:09Like you don't have to like take a test or like pass a course, you know?
06:12Unfortunately.
06:12Um, so it's just, uh, I mean, I remember like, cause you know, I grew up, I think probably
06:19like most kids, I grew up thinking that like everything my parents had was right and everything
06:23was gospel.
06:24And I remember getting to a point when I was growing up and I was like, you know, I think
06:29that's not right.
06:30You're wrong about that.
06:31And then like seeing the flaws in them that I never wanted to see before and then coming
06:37to terms with that and then accepting them as like, you know what, they're doing the
06:40best they have, they can with what they have.
06:43Yeah.
06:43And they don't have the best coping skills in this situation or in this situation.
06:48And like, that's just how it is.
06:51The weirdest part for me is that they raised me with these values that they don't hold.
06:56You know what I mean?
06:57Is I have such different like values than them, you know, like the value of family and, you
07:05know, friendship and hearing others out before you cutting, cutting them off and just all
07:11those like not name calling your family members.
07:14It's just, I have those values that they instilled in me.
07:18And then to think that they also had them and realize they, they don't.
07:22Yeah.
07:22It's weird.
07:23Like a really weird, like juxtaposition.
07:26Yeah.
07:26How the hell did I get these, but you don't have them.
07:29Yeah.
07:29You know?
07:30Yeah.
07:30Maybe you're lacking that self-awareness that you're not, you're not living like the,
07:36the things that you're trying to teach your kid.
07:39Like you're not actually, yeah, it's weird internalizing.
07:42They definitely, what is it?
07:44You, you are what you teach.
07:46They definitely didn't do that or whatever.
07:49They, they taught what they taught.
07:50Yeah.
07:51Yeah.
07:54So, so you said that you grew up in a house where you feel like you couldn't be yourself.
07:59Um, so do you feel like you're living as your true self now?
08:03Yeah.
08:03I struggle with like really, really bad anxiety because of my, like growing up and just not
08:09being myself, not feeling confident in myself.
08:12Like not even like when I was a kid, this is, this has been really sad.
08:16Sorry.
08:16I keep bringing up like sad stuff, but we're having good conversations.
08:19We, this, on this podcast, we talk about sad shit.
08:23We are here to ruin boners one episode at a time.
08:27And if you thought you were going to come on this show and you're going to hear some hot
08:29shit, we will get to that later.
08:31Yeah.
08:32I'm sorry.
08:33I'm sorry.
08:33So what was I saying?
08:34I have to humanize her first before you can objectify her.
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