Southern Charm newcomer Molly O’Connell will always remember her late brother, who died at the age of 14.
podcast. “He was quadriplegic [and] he could really only move his head a little bit, couldn’t speak. Once I was born, he was living in a facility that could take care of him because he needed a lot of care around the clock.”
who was adopted when she was an infant, further explained that Patrick “died of sepsis in my dad’s arms.” She was 6 years old at the time of his passing.
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“[It gave me] the desire to [make the most of life],” she explained. “A lot of times I get paralyzed by my own fear, like, around music. I probably would have wanted to be a professional musician, singing [and on] Broadway, and I got very scared about that. I have a lot of guilt around not pursuing every single thing that I want to.”
According to O’Connell, her guilt is “subconsciously” based on “not taking advantage of all the things that I am able to do.”
“I really have done a lot and my parents have supported that,” she said. “They never cared if I was smart or good at anything, They just wanted me to be happy and funny. They wanted me to have a good sense of humor, which I think me and Ian — my other brother — do.”
Navigating Patrick’s death further “caused [O’Connell] to do the most” she can in life. O’Connell has also undergone therapy to help deal with his passing.
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“I had a lot of death in my family when I was young,” she explained. “My brother died when I was 6 and, within about six months, two of my uncles and a cousin died of cancer. But, I was so young [and] I think they thought, ‘Oh, it doesn’t affect her much.’ I think it did.”
Dealing with the trauma of multiple familial deaths, amongst other challenges, led O’Connell to act out.
Kate Casey. “I was a relatively good child, they say, and then in middle school, I just started acting out a little.”
her therapy sessions.
“They’ve tried to figure out ‘what can we do to help her’ and they’ve continued to do that now [through my] late 30s,” O’Connell said. “They’re always helping me try and find new therapies and stuff.”
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