In this raw and deeply personal solo episode of Self Aware & F**ked Up, Sandtrice Russell (Tree the LPC) opens up about the complicated reality of learning to forgive without ever receiving the apology she deserved.

Sandtrice explores the lasting emotional impact of growingup with parents struggling with addiction and how childhood experiences shaped her understanding of love, safety, trust, abandonment, and emotional survival. From carrying resentment and unresolved pain to navigating grief for theparents she needed but didn’t always have, this episode dives into the messy space between accountability, healing, and acceptance.

Through honest reflection, Sandtrice discusses how waitingfor apologies, validation, or changed behavior can keep people emotionally trapped and how forgiveness became less about excusing harm and more about reclaiming her own peace.

This episode is not about pretending the pain didn’t happen.It’s about acknowledging the damage, processing the anger, and making the difficult decision not to let unresolved hurt continue controlling your mental and emotional well-being.

If you’ve ever struggled with family trauma, addiction inthe home, emotional wounds from childhood, or the weight of carrying hurt that was never acknowledged, this conversation will remind you that forgiveness is not weakness, it’s freedom.

Trigger Warning: Discussions of childhood trauma, addiction,emotional neglect, and family dysfunction.

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