Giddy Up: How To Love A Parent Who Is Living In A Different Reality

It’s been eight years since Marnie first sat down with the fellas, and let’s just say… things haven’t exactly slowed down. Back in 2018, Marnie was a 23-year-old trying to navigate her mother’s sudden and terrifying diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Now, at 31, she’s back in the studio to give us the raw, unfiltered update on what happens after the diagnosis. Marnie takes us through the absolute rollercoaster of the last few years. From her mom’s near-death experience involving a ruptured bowel (and the subsequent delusions that the doctors harvested her organs) to the detective work required to figure out why her mom is buying furniture for imaginary tenants. We get deep into the heavy stuff: the crushing anxiety of wondering if you’re going to inherit your parent’s illness, the guilt of moving across the country to save your own sanity, and the weird, heartbreaking reality of "parenting your parent" before you’ve even had kids of your own. Check out Marnie’s podcast: Giddy Up: Instagram: @gidddyyyup Follow Sickboy: Instagram: Tiktok: Discord:

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Giddy Up: How To Love A Parent Who Is Living In A Different Reality is an episode from Sickboy by CBC.

This episode is 00:50:31 long.

This episode was published on Dec 31, 2025.

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