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This Might Be Therapy
by Vygrant Prime
This Might Be Therapy is a raw, unfiltered journal of what it means to heal out loud. Hosted by a father, veteran, and builder rising from the ashes of trauma, addiction, emotional exile, and spiritual exhaustion—this podcast isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence.Each episode is a mirror. A prayer. A confession. A firewalk through the kind of pain most men are too afraid to speak on.We talk faith. Fatherhood. Divorce. Numbness. Redemption. And what it means to be a man rebuilding without shame.This isn’t therapy.But it might be exactly what you needed to hear.
Episodes
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I Did Everything I Was Supposed to Do. Now What?
There’s supposed to be a point where you finally feel like you’ve got your shit together, right? You work. You provide. You get married. Raise kids. Build a career. Chase promotions. Pay bills. Screw things up, fix them, and keep moving. Then one day you look around and realize you did everything...
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The Things We Don’t Notice
The last episode asked a simple question: What the hell are we working so hard for? This is where that conversation goes next. What started as a conversation about work, money, and the pressure to keep pushing turns into something deeper—what we’re actually trying to build, what “enough” looks...
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What the Hell Are We Working So Hard For?
Why do so many of us feel guilty when we stop? Why does a free Saturday turn into another list of things to accomplish? Why do we keep saying we’re doing it all for our families while sometimes giving work the best parts of us and bringing home whatever is left? In this episode, I’m talking about...
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Who the Hell Am I Without My Job?
What happens when the job disappears—and you realize how much of your identity disappeared with it? At 45, I’m standing at another crossroads. For most of my adult life, work meant more than a paycheck. It meant providing. Responsibility. Purpose. Being needed. Then one phone call took away the...
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Settling In for the Long Haul
Life doesn’t always wait until you’re ready before it changes everything. It’s been a few weeks since the last episode of This Might Be Therapy, and a lot has happened. I went to the cabin expecting to come home and get back to normal. Instead, I came home to a life that looked very different. I...
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When You’re the Villain in Someone Else’s Story
Have you ever stopped to wonder if you’re the villain in someone else’s story? In this episode of This Might Be Therapy, Chris explores one of the most uncomfortable questions we can ask ourselves: What part of this belongs to me? Instead of asking who’s right or who’s wrong, this conversation...
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The Phone Call You Never Expect
Some phone calls divide your life into two chapters: before you answered… and after. This week, Chris reflects on the loss of a close friend, another friend’s unexpected cancer diagnosis, and his own ongoing health struggles. Instead of offering easy answers, he explores what it means to keep...
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I Finally Know Why I Started This Podcast
After reaching 1,000 plays and downloads, I thought this episode would simply be a thank you. Instead, it became something much bigger. In this conversation, I finally answer a question I’ve been struggling with since I hit record on Episode 1: What is This Might Be Therapy really about? It’s not...
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The Man… “I Could Have Been”
We all have someone we compare ourselves to. For me, it’s my mother’s husband. He’s built businesses, created wealth, retired comfortably, and now travels the country in an RV most people only dream about. Then there’s me. A husband. A father. A retail manager. A veteran. A guy who’s made more...
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To Every Dad Who Thinks He Failed
Somewhere between Episode 1 and Episode 50… I realized something. I thought I was recording a podcast about my life. I wasn’t. I was recording a podcast about yours. This episode is for every father who’s ever wondered if he’s doing enough. The dad who leaves for work before the kids wake up. The...
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Life Doesn’t Wait
I thought this episode was about missing my son’s first day at International Music Camp. It wasn’t. It became a conversation about fatherhood, time, marriage, work, health, and what happens when you’re so focused on surviving today that tomorrow arrives without warning. As Father’s Day and my…
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A Broadway Show
A Broadway show. A trip to Washington, D.C. A pair of $130 Nikes. A little dot moving across a map 1,402 miles from home. This episode isn’t really about New York. It’s about fatherhood. Chris shares the story of watching his son Briley experience the trip of a lifetime and reflects on the...
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This Might Be Therapy: Chapter 4 Episode 7 “Cold One Chris vs The Machine”
In this raw and unfiltered episode of This Might Be Therapy, Chris pulls back the curtain on the pressure of trying to survive modern life while carrying the weight of leadership, fatherhood, mental exhaustion, and personal rebuilding at the same time. From managing the chaos of Fresh operations…
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This Might Be Therapy — Episode: “The Things I Never Planned to Lose
After months off the mic, Chris Tigges returns with one of his most vulnerable episodes yet. In “The Things I Never Planned to Lose,” he opens up about the hardest chapter of his life so far — losing his home, fighting to keep his business alive, and trying to hold it all together while...
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The Things I Do No One Else Sees – Part Two
In this follow-up to one of the most personal episodes I’ve ever recorded, I open up about the battles I’m fighting right now — the ones nobody sees. From navigating the VA claims process to living with the physical toll of past exposures, from silent family tensions to the invisible work of...
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This Might Be Therapy: While You Were Waiting: Fatherhood, the Fight, and the Long Road Back
After a long pause, I’m back—and not with a “everything’s perfect now” story. This is the truth about where I’ve been, what I’ve been fighting for, and why reconciliation with my wife and kids means more than just a fresh start. In this episode, I talk about the work behind the curtain—the...
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The Man Who Carried My Name
Before I was Tigges, I was Delclef. In this special episode, I trace the legacy of Francis Delclef—my Belgian-born great-grandfather who crossed an ocean, fought for a country that wasn’t yet his, and planted the roots of a name that still echoes through me today. This isn’t just a history…
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The Things They Still Won’t See
In this raw and expanded follow-up to “The Things I Do That No One Sees,” Vigil returns with deeper reflections, heavier truths, and unspoken weight. This episode cuts into the silence that surrounds fatherhood, sacrifice, and the emotional toll of being a man who never stops showing up—even when...
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19 Years and the Echo That Won’t Die
What do you do when the love of your life becomes the biggest silence in your house? In this raw confession, I sit with the truth of 19 years spent loving one woman — through good, bad, ugly, and everything no one else sees behind the pictures we post for show. This is for every man or woman…
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From Tigges to Delclef and Jones
Some names are just paper. Some names are blood. And some names you stand guard over so your children never have to wonder where they come from. In this short episode, I open the door to my own roots — from an adopted name to a birth surname whispered out of Belgium, from Welsh hills to my kids’...
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June Belongs to Me: After What I Survived, You Don’t Get to Laugh Anymore
I carried May in silence. My wife’s birthday. My mother’s birthday. Mother’s Day. And the anniversary of the day the military discarded me—May 10th. Every year, I bleed through that month while everyone else just expects me to smile through it. But now it’s June. And this time, I’m claiming…
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Emotionally Replaced (But Still Undefeated)
What happens when the person you built a life with walks away—and doesn’t even look back? This episode isn’t about bitterness. It’s about the invisible grief of being emotionally replaced while you’re still standing right there. It’s about the quiet rooms, the unanswered questions, and the…
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How I Took It Back (Without a Lawyer)
After years of court losses, false accusations, and financial ruin, I took back my power—and I did it without a lawyer. In this episode, I break down exactly how I navigated the child support system, gained more custody of my children, and rewrote the terms of my fatherhood. No sugarcoating. No...
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A Special Place in Hell: When Mothers Weaponize Children
Some truths can’t be sugar-coated. This episode is one of them. In A Special Place in Hell, Vigil delivers his most raw and unfiltered episode to date—calling out the dark reality that many fathers silently endure: when mothers turn children into weapons, and the court system hands them the...
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The Pillow Was Just the Trigger
What if the argument wasn’t really about a pillow? In this raw and deeply personal episode, Vigil unpacks a moment that seems small on the surface—but reveals a much deeper truth about emotional control, parenting power struggles, and how everyday objects become weapons in toxic dynamics. After a...
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Learning to Want Myself Again
A quiet revolution in self-worth There was a time I didn’t even like myself—let alone want to be myself. In this honest, soul-deep episode, I walk through what it means to rebuild trust with yourself after years of abandonment, shame, and people-pleasing. Not performance. Not perfection. Just...
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The First Day It Didn’t Hurt (As Much)
Healing doesn’t always announce itself with fireworks. Sometimes it whispers. In the quietest way possible, I realized I was healing—because it didn’t hurt as much. I didn’t check her page. I didn’t replay the fight. I didn’t reach for a drink. I didn’t want her to come back. This episode marks…
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The Ember That Stayed Lit
Not every fire ends in ashes. Sometimes, what’s left behind… still burns. In this deeply personal bonus episode, I close out Chapter 3 not with a dramatic finale—but with a quiet truth: something in me survived. I speak on the symbolic and personal meaning of “the ember”—from the emotional flame...
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Prepared or Punished? When God Feels Like a Setup
What if every hardship wasn’t leading to something greater… but just preparing you to survive more pain? In this raw and soul-baring episode, I ask the question I’ve carried for years: Is God preparing me for purpose—or just breaking me down one crisis at a time? From surviving one brutal divorce...
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The Same Knife Twice
What do you do when the person who swore they’d never hurt you… does it anyway? This episode is about betrayal—not the loud kind, but the kind wrapped in silence and convenience. Chris shares the raw story of how his children were stolen from him in 2006, how the military discarded him at his...
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The 7 Lies They Told Us About Being a Good Dad
They said if you stayed loyal, loved hard, and did the right thing—you’d be enough. But for fathers in this generation, being “good” doesn’t guarantee anything. In this raw, unfiltered episode, I expose the 7 biggest lies they told us about fatherhood—and the painful truths that come with them....
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A Father Alone in His Own Home (When Silence Screams Louder Than Words)
What do you do when your own son tells you to go to hell… and the woman standing next to you just walks away? In this raw, unfiltered episode, I open up about a defining moment that broke me at 5:36 PM on May 16, 2025—a moment of defiance, silence, and generational pain. My 12-year-old son lashed...
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The Lie That Cost Me My Child
This is more than a podcast. It’s a testimony for every father who’s ever been erased by a lie. In this brutally raw episode, we expose the quiet warfare behind custody battles—where manipulative women build their case in secret, weaponize the father’s own family against him, and use false...
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The Things I Do That No One Sees
In this raw and soul-baring episode, Vigil opens up about the invisible weight men carry—day in and day out—without praise, without recognition, and often without thanks. From laundry loads to late-night problem-solving, he speaks on the quiet sacrifices made by fathers and husbands everywhere…
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The Garage, the Gift, and the Ghost
After giving everything he had on Mother’s Day—despite having nothing to give financially—Vigil reflects on the emotional cost of showing up when you feel unseen. In this raw, reflective episode, he unpacks the quiet pain of being a man who gives, sacrifices, and carries the weight… only to be…
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Weaponized Motherhood & The Erasure of Men
This is the most brutally honest episode yet. In this powerful exposé, we dismantle the myth of equality in modern parenting and shine a light on the weaponization of motherhood—how lies, false allegations, and biased courtrooms are used to erase fathers from their children’s lives. Backed by…
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Fathers Like Us Were Built for War
This is not a sob story. It’s a war report. In this raw and unfiltered episode, I expose the brutal reality of how the child support system, custody laws, and parental alienation tactics are being used to break fathers—financially, emotionally, and spiritually. Inspired by a private conversation...
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I Don’t Want Peace With You—Only Peace From You.
In this raw and unfiltered episode, I speak directly from the battlefield of fatherhood, betrayal, and emotional warfare. After being pushed to the edge by false accusations and a fractured home, I draw a hard boundary—not to hurt anyone, but to finally protect my peace. This isn’t about revenge....
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I’m Still Here. And I’m Not Done.
This episode closes a chapter—not with fanfare, but with survival. After everything I’ve walked through—parental alienation, emotional warfare, accusations, silence, and the weight of trying to heal while being pulled apart—I’m still here. That’s not weakness. That’s resilience. I reflect on what...
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The Aftermath: When the Damage Is Already Done
This one’s for the mornings after—the guilt, the silence, the damage you wish you could undo. In this episode, I talk about what it feels like to wake up in the wreckage of your own choices, to not remember what you said or did, and to wonder if your family will ever trust you again… or if you’ll...
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The Mirror and the Monster
What do you do when the person who knows you best starts calling you the worst names imaginable? Narcissist. Selfish. Cold. In this episode, I unpack what it feels like to be labeled the villain in someone else’s pain—and how easily those words can start to shape how you see yourself. I talk…
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The Call at Midnight: Why Men Don’t Call Until They’re Drowning
This episode is as real as it gets—a midnight phone call from a brother barely hanging on, baring his soul because he has nowhere else to turn. I share the raw, unfiltered truth of what it’s like to sit with a man on the edge, wrestling with addiction, family breakdown, the scars of war, and the...
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I’m Not Just a Father—I’m a Foundation
This episode is about what it really means to hold up a family—when you’re the one breaking generational cycles, standing between old pain and new possibility. I open up about learning to discipline without violence, how I became the dividing line in my own family, and the exhausting work of...
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Letting God Lead Without Losing Myself
Faith shouldn’t feel like erasure. In this episode, I talk about what it means to surrender to God’s plan without shrinking into silence. I open up about learning to trust divine direction without losing my identity, and how scripture helped me realize that letting God lead doesn’t mean...
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Protecting My Peace Like It’s All I Have
Peace isn’t passive—it’s something you fight for. In this episode, I talk about the journey from people-pleasing and emotional burnout to setting boundaries that guard my spirit. I share what it really means to stop performing peace and start protecting it—with scripture, personal reflection, and...
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No One’s Coming to Save Me (And That’s Okay)
There comes a moment when you stop waiting. Not because you’ve given up— but because you’ve grown up. In this episode, I talk about the silent weight of waiting for someone—anyone—to show up and fix what’s broken. I open up about the bitterness that comes with abandonment, the exhaustion of...
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Today, I Rise Anyway: An Easter Reflection
It’s Easter Sunday—but this one feels different. In this episode, I reflect on what it means to be left out of the room, excluded from the table, and still choose to rise with integrity and peace. This isn’t just a story about pain or family—it’s a resurrection story rooted in the teachings of...
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I Don’t Want to Be Numb Anymore (Special Edition)
This one runs deeper. In this extended episode, I open up about my lifelong battle with emotional numbing—how I used alcohol, weed, silence, and self-sacrifice to survive what I couldn’t face. But survival isn’t living. And eventually, even sedation loses its power. I speak on my journey through...
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Becoming The Man I Needed, Growing Up
I never had a blueprint. No one showed me how to process pain without numbing it. No one taught me that love didn’t have to hurt. This episode is a letter to the boy I used to be—and the man I’m becoming now. I open up about the pain of loving someone who couldn’t see me, the woman who woke my…
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Episode 8: I’m Still Here. And I’m Not Done
This isn’t a victory lap. It’s a quiet return. To peace. To presence. To who I really am underneath the pain. In this final chapter of the first arc, I reflect on what it means to survive without apology—to walk out of the wreckage with no need to explain your scars. This episode is about...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This Might Be Therapy is a raw, unfiltered journal of what it means to heal out loud. Hosted by a father, veteran, and builder rising from the ashes of trauma, addiction, emotional exile, and spiritual exhaustion—this podcast isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence.Each episode is a mirror. A prayer. A confession. A firewalk through the kind of pain most men are too afraid to speak on.We talk faith. Fatherhood. Divorce. Numbness. Redemption. And what it means to be a man rebuilding without shame.This isn’t therapy.But it might be exactly what you needed to hear.
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Vygrant Prime
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This Might Be Therapy is a raw, unfiltered journal of what it means to heal out loud. Hosted by a father, veteran, and builder rising from the ashes of trauma, addiction, emotional exile, and spiritual exhaustion—this podcast isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence.Each episode is a mirror. A...
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