Southern Charming Molly O’Connell recalls death of his 14-year-old brother
Southern Charm Newcomer Molly O’Connell Her late brother will always be remembered, who died at the age of 14.
“His name is Patrick” said O’Connell, 37, on Friday, February 21, in the “Real Life with Kate Casey” podcast. , He is intellectually severely disabled. ” “He is quadriplegic [and] He really could only move his head a little bit and couldn’t speak. Once I was born, he lived in a facility where he could take care of him because he needed a lot of care throughout the day. ”
O’Connell was adopted as a baby, further explaining that Patrick “died from sepsis in my father’s arms.” She died at the age of 6.
“He’s been sick all his life [the] ICU. The next top model in the United States.
“[It gave me] eager [make the most of life],” she explained. “A lot of times, I’ll be paralyzed by my fear. I might want to be a professional musician, sing [and on] Broadway, I’m very scared of it. I have a lot of introductory gui around me, not pursuing everything I want. ”
According to O’Connell, her introspection is based on the “subconscious” of “not taking advantage of everything I can do.”
“I really did a lot of things and my parents supported that,” she said. “They never care about me being smart or being good at anything, they just want me to be happy and fun. They want me to have a good one. A sense of humor, I think Ian (my other brother) did it.”
Further navigation Patrick’s death “caused [O’Connell] She does her best in life. O’Connell also received treatment to help resolve his death.
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“My family died when I was young,” she explained. “My brother died when I was 6 years old and about six months later, my two uncles and a cousin died of cancer. But, I Still very young [and] I think they thought, “Oh, that doesn’t have much impact on her.” I think that did. ”
Dealing with the trauma of multiple family deaths, including other challenges, led O’Connell to take action.
“At a very young age, I was told I was adopted and then I really understood it as 3- [or] 4 years old,” she told Podcaster Kate Casey. They said, “I said I was a relatively good kid and then in middle school, I just started showing some.”
Regardless of what O’Connell’s behavioral problems were, her parents were always “in trouble” and even paid for her treatment courses.
“They are trying to figure out ‘what we can do to help her’ and they continue to do it now [through my] The late 30s,” O’Connell said. “They were always helping me try to find new treatments and stuff. ”
