TQ30: What's a situation or condition that no one understands, until they're in it?

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

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🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Every Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners. The question for this episode: What's a situation or condition that no one understands, until they're in it? Links for this episode: TheHotline.org LoveIsRespect.org Meredith’s episode about victims staying with their abusers: https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/7b5045ab/ep-221-or-why-do-people-stay-with-their-abusers Scott’s episode “Julie is a hospice nurse”, episode 168 – https://WhatWasThatLike.com/168 Vagus nerve: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22279-vagus-nerve Meredith’s podcast is Meredith For Real – the Curious Introvert: https://MeredithForReal.com To check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the discussion, join us at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook. Sponsor deals: Go to bluenile.com to shop Blue Nile, the original online jeweler since 1999! Follow “MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories” on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/WHATWAS and get on your way to being your best self. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Scott, and you're listening to What Was That Like?
0:04.3	New episodes with guests telling their amazing stories are every other Friday, but today
0:09.1	we have the Every Other Tuesday, Tuesday question.
0:13.0	In the podcast Facebook group, we have a new thought-provoking question every Tuesday,
0:17.3	and it generates some really interesting and sometimes deep discussions. We'd love to have you join us.
0:22.6	Just go to what was that like.com slash Facebook.
0:25.6	But if you're not in that group, we bring it to you here in a short episode every other Tuesday.
0:31.6	We dig into the group archives and find one of the past Tuesday questions that we've discussed.
0:36.6	Then Meredith and I answered that question and we talk about some of the answers that came in from other listeners.
0:42.4	And in a few days, I'm talking this coming Friday, a brand new what was that like episode.
0:48.5	Let's do it.
0:50.6	We are talking today about the question, what's a situation or condition that no one understands until they're in it?
1:02.5	There's probably multiple.
1:04.3	Well, we know there's multiple.
1:05.4	There were lots of answers in this one.
1:07.3	Lots of answers.
1:08.3	And I think my answer that I left is different than the one that I have today.
1:12.2	I'm going to say the situation no one understands until they're in it is an abusive
1:17.5	relationship.
1:18.7	Because how many times have you heard others say, oh, yeah, she went back to him and, you know,
1:25.9	he beats the crap out of her.
1:28.9	Why doesn't she just leave? i was in that situation i wouldn't let my man lay a hand on me or i wouldn't let anyone
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