Plot Twist: Still Alive
Ever had a moment you weren’t sure you’d survive—or one so awkward you wished the earth would swallow you whole? I’m Krystal, cancer survivor, chaos navigator, and laugh-finder in life’s messiest moments. On Plot Twist: Still Alive, I share raw, hilarious, and heartfelt stories with incredible guests as we navigate cancer, grief, abuse, cringeworthy choices, and more—finding purpose and humor along the way. Because what doesn’t kill you makes you f***ing hilarious.
Plot Twist: Still Alive
The Shining (Sole Caretaker)
⚠️ Content Warning: This episode is intended for listeners 18+. It contains dark humor and discusses death, dying, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and the emotional realities of being a sole caregiver. Listener discretion is advised.
A sole caretaker. Two parents. A horror almost everyone will face.
In Stephen King's, The Shining, the real horror isn’t the ghosts...it’s isolation, caretaking, and slowly losing yourself inside a role you never asked for.
In this episode, Maggie shares the most difficult chapter of her life so far: being an only child and the sole caretaker for both parents as their health declines, navigating Alzheimer’s and dementia with no siblings, no backup, and no escape.
This is a horror almost everyone will face at some point.....watching the people who raised you fade, while the responsibility quietly consumes you.
Only instead of the caretaker trapped in a haunted hotel, Maggie is living a real-life psychological horror where there’s no final girl moment, no monster to defeat — just love, loss, and showing up every single day.
This isn’t a story about ghosts.
It’s about memory, grief, and the kind of horror that happens slowly, behind closed doors....and touches nearly all of us.