Sickboy

For a moment just imagine, you wake up in the middle of the night and all of your family members are standing in your room. They all have black holes for eyes and are screaming obscenities at you and proclaiming that they are moments away from killing you, and you are paralyzed with fear. Unable to move. Unable to escape. And it’s real. It’s just as real as anything you’ve ever experienced in your life. HOW BAD WOULD THAT SUCK!? Well, this is what it’s like for Julia, every god damn night. This week on Sickboy we cover the horrifying world of chronic & severe Sleep Paralysis. Get ready for a horror film, lived out in real life.

This week on Sickboy, the guys sit town with Talli. She’s punk, she’s rad, she’s nubs. Talli was born without arms and is missing key bones in her legs and hasn’t let anything get in her way of becoming the coolest gal we’ve ever met. Learn how NOFX feels about her love of punk rock, what it would be like to grow up in a house that’s more like a zoo, and why it’s ok to be inspiring.

Join Brian, Taylor and Jeremie this week for another HOST EPISODE! The boys sit down and chat about Snoop Dogg not givin’ a f@*k at the NHL All Star Game, the things that make the guys feel insecure, and all the while you can be endlessly annoyed by Brian’s use of a dis horn app he downloaded.

This week on Sickboy, we sit down with Jess Grossman. Jess is the founder of Uncover Ostomy, an online publication focusing on the experience and stories of people living with an ostomy from all over the globe. Tune in this week to learn about pooping with no colon, re-routed intestines and, obviously, anal sex.

What does it take to be the allergy champ? Having your throat close over after munching on some nuts? Breaking out into painful hives after petting a cute cuddly kitten? Or maybe both at the same time?... This week on Sickboy we talk to Nicole about what it's like to be allergic to life. Jeremie touches on the fact that he has CF (obvs), Tay can't get over how much of a champ Nicole truly is, and Brian just wants to relate. Spoiler alert: if you were wondering if there's an allergic dating app, there is.

What comes to mind when you think about arthritis? Often times it’s elderly people with walkers, dentures, walk in bath tubs and tweed hats. Rarely do we picture a young vibrant party loving 24 year old who spends her time getting’ liquored down at Dooley’s and accidentally “skull f**ing” her boyfriend. This week the boys sit down with Meghan and talk about the challenges of living with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis! They touch on everything from her elephant man like knees, to the myth of cracking your knuckles, to elderly women coughing in your face, to the challenges of managing an invisible illness. So sit down, make a tight fist, hold on tight and buckle up… this one is a doozy.

What the heck is borderline personality anyway? Well according to “THEY”, it’s on the border between psychotic and neurotic. But WHO THE HECK IS “THEY”?! This week the fellas sit down with the ever so lovely Lauren to talk about what life was like growing up with Borderline Personality Disorder. From experiencing emotions on the 2 fast 2 furious NOS boosted level to crying at the snap of a finger, to suffering from a severe case of beaver fever and more. Also, Steven Tyler, Kristin Wig, Willow MacDonald of Big Brother Canada, James McAvoy make an appearance plus Harry Potter references up the ying yang. OH! also… Jeremie made out with a boy. This week is JAM packed. Enjoy.

“I set out to open my eyes to the world, but came back nearly blinded by it.” What do you do when you're in a third world country and you get an eye infection that goes from bad to the absolute worst? This week we sit down with Kevin to talk about his experience of Biking from Vancouver to Central America only to end up with the one eye infection to rule them all! One minute everything is fine, then next minute he has pulled over because his vision is rapidly deteriorating. This episode is chock full of adventure, gag inducing eye j**z, and life altering experiences.

When you're 5'7"" weighing it at only 90lbs, something's gotta give. From in-patient hospital programs, tapping your feet as sneaky exercise, and a relationship with healthy eating that goes above and beyond reality, Catherine's been through a lot. On a mission to heal her mind and repair her body, Catherine opens up about what it's like to live with an eating disorder that tries to trick her at every turn. Tune in this week for a special episode on Mental Illness. With Bell Let's Talk coming up on Wednesday, it is not only important for us to talk about Mental Illness, but also to listen intently to those who speak up. Let's talk about it.

One of the first beautiful people we were able to speak with on the show, and no doubt, one of the most inspiring. Layton was truly a man of passion. It spewed (he'd like that word) from every pore. He taught us the most important lesson on the human condition: We will always take life for granted. It is in the moments that we realize this, that we are able to truly live, until we inevitable slip back into the routine, the day to day, to be awoken once again. You made an impact like you wouldn't believe. You used social media in the way we should all take note of: To inspire passion and thoughtfulness, reflection and introspection in us all. Your lasting impression on us will be the grace with which you saw death. As a beautiful chapter that we will all someday endure. Live now, for you are alive. Love and laugh now, for you are alive. And when you forget the living, the loving and the laughing, you will remember it again as if for the first time. And it will be beautiful.