Nick Middaugh

And certain games would start, like, what could we have done different, which doesn't give you any kind of reward playing those games. And ultimately, you know, it was super emotionally raw conversation. And all of the fears I had associated with that conversation were completely false. They embraced me. How it could have gone. Yeah. Yeah. Like how it could have gone.

And certain games would start, like, what could we have done different, which doesn't give you any kind of reward playing those games. And ultimately, you know, it was super emotionally raw conversation. And all of the fears I had associated with that conversation were completely false. They embraced me. How it could have gone. Yeah. Yeah. Like how it could have gone.

Like, would they see me different? Would they? You know, the little childhood fears that would still ping up of like, oh, they wouldn't love me if they knew and stuff like that completely melted away.

Like, would they see me different? Would they? You know, the little childhood fears that would still ping up of like, oh, they wouldn't love me if they knew and stuff like that completely melted away.

Like, would they see me different? Would they? You know, the little childhood fears that would still ping up of like, oh, they wouldn't love me if they knew and stuff like that completely melted away.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I have a lot of, uh, you know, sometimes I fluctuate between like negative self-talk and like positive self-talk. So. Yeah. But that's called being human. Yeah. Right. Right. Um, so yeah, from, from there it went to, uh, you know, what can we do now? And, um, you know, being somebody who this happened to, I didn't, and, and I held onto it for so long.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I have a lot of, uh, you know, sometimes I fluctuate between like negative self-talk and like positive self-talk. So. Yeah. But that's called being human. Yeah. Right. Right. Um, so yeah, from, from there it went to, uh, you know, what can we do now? And, um, you know, being somebody who this happened to, I didn't, and, and I held onto it for so long.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I have a lot of, uh, you know, sometimes I fluctuate between like negative self-talk and like positive self-talk. So. Yeah. But that's called being human. Yeah. Right. Right. Um, so yeah, from, from there it went to, uh, you know, what can we do now? And, um, you know, being somebody who this happened to, I didn't, and, and I held onto it for so long.

I was reticent for so long, just in silence. Um, There was no immediate justice. What actions can you take that late in the game? I guess was my thought. And I focused on telling them, like, hey, this is traumatic probably for you guys. And considering you never knew, I imagine there's all sorts of feelings of, and again, this is just, I'm not an expert or anything, but I imagine

I was reticent for so long, just in silence. Um, There was no immediate justice. What actions can you take that late in the game? I guess was my thought. And I focused on telling them, like, hey, this is traumatic probably for you guys. And considering you never knew, I imagine there's all sorts of feelings of, and again, this is just, I'm not an expert or anything, but I imagine

I was reticent for so long, just in silence. Um, There was no immediate justice. What actions can you take that late in the game? I guess was my thought. And I focused on telling them, like, hey, this is traumatic probably for you guys. And considering you never knew, I imagine there's all sorts of feelings of, and again, this is just, I'm not an expert or anything, but I imagine

when a parent gets confronted with that two decades after it happened, um, they probably feel like they messed up somewhere. Probably feel like they missed something that didn't protect you.

when a parent gets confronted with that two decades after it happened, um, they probably feel like they messed up somewhere. Probably feel like they missed something that didn't protect you.

when a parent gets confronted with that two decades after it happened, um, they probably feel like they messed up somewhere. Probably feel like they missed something that didn't protect you.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, encourage them to go get therapy if they need it. You know, it's going to take time to process this. It's an old monster for me. It's brand new for you guys. How did they receive that? Pretty well. They actually took that advice. They went and saw a therapist and started getting the gears moving towards a healing process instead of remaining stagnant.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, encourage them to go get therapy if they need it. You know, it's going to take time to process this. It's an old monster for me. It's brand new for you guys. How did they receive that? Pretty well. They actually took that advice. They went and saw a therapist and started getting the gears moving towards a healing process instead of remaining stagnant.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, encourage them to go get therapy if they need it. You know, it's going to take time to process this. It's an old monster for me. It's brand new for you guys. How did they receive that? Pretty well. They actually took that advice. They went and saw a therapist and started getting the gears moving towards a healing process instead of remaining stagnant.

I mean, I've always had a pretty good relationship with my mom and dad. I think it allowed me to kind of be myself a lot more. I didn't feel like I was hiding something around them all the time. So it knocked down a few barriers in that regard. Did they ever express a desire to go talk to that kid's parents? They're kind of on the fence like I am. They want to, but something my mom says is like,

I mean, I've always had a pretty good relationship with my mom and dad. I think it allowed me to kind of be myself a lot more. I didn't feel like I was hiding something around them all the time. So it knocked down a few barriers in that regard. Did they ever express a desire to go talk to that kid's parents? They're kind of on the fence like I am. They want to, but something my mom says is like,

I mean, I've always had a pretty good relationship with my mom and dad. I think it allowed me to kind of be myself a lot more. I didn't feel like I was hiding something around them all the time. So it knocked down a few barriers in that regard. Did they ever express a desire to go talk to that kid's parents? They're kind of on the fence like I am. They want to, but something my mom says is like,