Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
"Remarkable" - Psychology Today"A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire "A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times"Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine"Praised by listeners all over the world" - Atlantic Monthly Named To Top Health Podcast List by: NY Times, Esquire, Slate, Oprah Magazine, Women's Health, Onion A.V. Club, Apple Podcast Staff
Episodes
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Jun 26, 2015 • 2h 6min
#231 Lisa Richards
The licensed clinical social worker and author of Dear Mallory: Letters to a Teenage Girl Who Killed Herself shares about the loss of her 18 year-old daughter to suicide.
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Jun 19, 2015 • 2h 3min
#230 Raised in Scientology: Derek Bloch
The 28 year-old talks about being raised in the Church of Scientology by a narcissistic father and passive mother. He details the abuse inflicted by their "Sea Org" starting when he was 13, how he reconciled their homophobia with his being gay and ultimately how he broke away from the church and his family.
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Jun 12, 2015 • 2h 11min
#229 Sheila & Kim
The lifelong friends join Paul to talk about supporting each other through their issues which include: alcoholism, food addiction, IBS and codependency.
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Jun 5, 2015 • 2h 8min
#228 Shootout Survivor Dan Smith
The former armored car driver shares about the PTSD that came in the wake of a shootout that almost killed him and what it means to be masculine.
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May 29, 2015 • 2h 49min
#227 Cassie Sneider
The writer and graphic artist (and karaoke DJ) talks with Paul about her parents gambling and shopping addictions, being bullied, becoming violent in her 20s and eventually finding therapy and support groups for her codependency.
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May 22, 2015 • 1h 57min
#226 Therapist Kati Morton #2
Therapist Kati Morton returns to answer listener questions.
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May 15, 2015 • 2h 12min
#225 Joe and June
The Israeli couple talk about their childhoods, how they try to support each other and finding emotional and sexual satisfaction given their individual issues.
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May 8, 2015 • 1h 55min
#224 Drew Monson
The 19 year-old YouTube entertainer commiserates with Paul about OCD, depression, jealousy, naps, love and internet trolls.
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May 1, 2015 • 2h 12min
#223 Heather Marlowe
The writer/performer opens up about being drugged and raped and the pressure she has been putting on the San Francisco police department to process the thousands of warehoused rape kits whose DNA could help catch the predators who remain unapprehended.
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Apr 24, 2015 • 1h 50min
#222 Terri Hartman
The 54 year-old shares about her battles with fibromyalgia, her physically abusive mother, how her illness affects her relationships, her anxieties and how expressing her emotions helped ease the intensity of her physical pain.
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