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Agnieszka and Daniel Dymiński. Parents of Krzysztof, who left his home near Warsaw before 4 a.m. on May 27, 2023, and never returned. He was 16 years old. Daniel has been exploring the Vistula River on his own ever since, and their family was the subject of the acclaimed documentary "Bez końca" (No End) by Michał Marczak, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. I sat with them for a long time, and throughout the conversation, I had one thing in my heart: I wanted to be their child. 🤍

This is a conversation about the most difficult loss possible – one that can't be resolved because there's no goodbye, no answers, and no certainty. 🌑

We talk about life in limbo, where you can neither enter nor exit. About what it's like to go to bed every night hoping for an answer tomorrow, only to wake up without it. And how the family that remains fights not only for the child but also to avoid disappearing.

If you or a loved one is going through a very difficult time, coping with loss, or feeling like they can't cope anymore, you are not alone and you don't have to cope alone. Support is available, free of charge, and at any time. 🤍

📞 112 - emergency number for immediate help

🟣 116 123 - support line for adults in emotional crisis (24/7)
🟣 116 111 - Helpline for Children and Youth (24/7)
🟣 800 70 2222 - Support Center, ITAKA Foundation (24/7)
🟣 800 12 12 12 - Helpline for Children and Youth of the Children's Ombudsman (24/7)
🟣 116 000 - helpline for missing children and teenagers, ITAKA Foundation (24/7)

If someone you love is missing, report it to the police immediately (there is no "24-hour waiting period") and contact the ITAKA Foundation: https://www.zaginieni.pl

And if someone is suffering next to you - sometimes the most important thing is simply to be there, to listen, and not to judge. 🤍

In this episode, you'll hear, among other things:

💔 Why a mother says "I have two sons," even though one isn't home - and how to live with a question that may never be answered.
🌫️ What happened that night: the last Mother's Day, a kiss on the temple, and a watch left on the desk.
🕯️ Twenty minutes on a bridge that no one in the family could see - and a three-year fight for access to the recording.
🪧 How parents organized the search for their own child, even though - as they say - no one is looking for them the way we think.
🗣️ Where does the shame and hate after a disappearance come from and why "they ran away from home" is harmful. 👦 The Price the Second Son Pays - about the double grief of children who remain.
🏛️ Absurdities that add salt to the wound: an inheritance, a school report, a summons to a military commission in the name of a missing child.
🤲 Why, when a child disappears, the entire family is lost - and what the "Where Are You?" campaign is about.
🤍 And a very tender, very difficult ending about whether it's time to say goodbye.

Do you also have something in your life that you can't close - because you haven't received permission, proof, or closure? This conversation won't promise that things will be alright. It will give you something else - the closeness of two people who don't pretend they've coped, yet still move forward every day. 🤍

Subscribe to the Gosia Ohme Podcast channel and send this episode to someone experiencing loss or fearing they can't be there for someone during a difficult time. 🤍

Chapters:

0:00 In this episode
5:27 My heart hurts physically
7:51 Do I have two sons or one?
10:47 He left the house before four in the morning
12:46 The last Mother's Day
16:14 The last journey together
17:29 A girl, a friend, and a note
22:48 Twenty minutes on the bridge
25:50 The morning he disappeared
36:07 How to live in limbo
39:30 He didn't run away from home, he ran away from his problems
45:01 The second son who stayed
49:50 Daniel searches the Vistula River
52:49 How the movie "No End" was made
57:48 This is terrible, this is my life
1:00:38 Dreams in which Krzysiek returns
1:04:15 Absurdities: ZUS, school, military commission
1:08:15 Surveillance from the bridge, which wasn't shown
1:15:37 When a child disappears, a family is lost
1:26:34 I wish you'd stop looking
1:42:38 Child Alert that barely works
1:47:00 Is it time to say goodbye?

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