Twins Estranged: Navigating Sibling Loss, Reconnection, and Love in Grief: Brandi / Brandon

The Broken Pack™: Stories of Adult Sibling Loss

Twins Estranged: Navigating Sibling Loss, Reconnection, and Love in Grief

In this episode of The Broken Pack: Stories of Adult Sibling Loss, a podcast, surviving sibling Brandi and Dr. Angela Dean explore the complexity of sibling loss, estrangement, mental health struggles, spirituality, and family dynamics through Brandi's personal story of losing her twin brother Brandon following his death from an overdose.
Content Warning: Information presented in this episode may be upsetting to some people. It contains talk of drug use, addiction, trauma, and overdose.

• If you believe you are witnessing an overdose, call 911 or your country’s emergency number immediately even if you are administering Narcan. If you are in the US and would like support for yourself or someone else with substance use, suicidal thoughts, or other topics discussed in this episode, please call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or Text your 5-digit ZIP Code to 435748 (HELP4U) or call a warmline. For more immediate crisis call 911, 988, or go to the nearest emergency room.
• In the USA an updated directory of warmlines by state can be found at https://warmline.org/warmdir.html
• A warmline directory for trained peer supports in over 20 countries can be found at https://www.supportiv.com/tools/international-resources-crisis-and-warmlines (some of these may be hotlines)

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Kapitler

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. About Brandon (00:02:02)

3. Their Relationship: Estrangement (00:03:02)

4. Losing Brandon (00:12:16)

5. The Surprise and Devastation of Losing an Estranged Sibling (00:15:55)

6. Comfort in the Post Mortem Presence of Her Twin (00:17:48)

7. Brandon's Hug (00:22:54)

8. Setting Boundaries with Brandon (00:24:41)

9. Saying Goodbye: The Funeral (00:26:24)

10. Brandi & Brandon's Differing Views of Their Twin Bond (00:31:21)

11. The Call and Changing Family Dynamics (00:32:50)

12. Where Brandi is Now in Grieving (00:39:56)

13. Brandi's 30th Birthday (00:41:26)

14. Brandi's Favorite Memory of Brandon (00:44:47)

15. Becoming Less Like Oil & Water: After his Death (00:46:47)