#08: Suicide doesn’t take away the pain. It gives it to someone else! Surviving the suicide of a loved one. Valerie Wilhelm

Valerie Wilhelm is back to share more of her brave and powerful testimony of her life in a volatile, abusive relationship. This episode she shares the gripping details of when she was raped at 17, tried to commit suicide because of it and then spiraled into a life of partying and drug addiction that ultimately led her into her abusive roller coaster relationship. She shares how she found out about the suicide of her husband and recalls their last conversation and the guilt.
On this episode we go back to the beginning where Valerie’s life took so many tragic turns, starting with her rape, attempted suicide, her spiral into a life of partying and drug use.
Valerie’s oldest son has a form of autism and we discuss some of those behaviors and Valerie’s belief and fight to pull him out of his struggle and not to let him progress into autistic behaviors.
We talk about the judgmental dance Moms that didn’t care to find out how to help her when she was going through her worst times, but instead tried to bring her down more.
We discuss Marcella’s irrational behavior when dealing with insects, rodents etc.