Welcome to Episode 199 with my guest, Joni G. This episode is sponsored by cards against

humanity's 10 days or whatever of Kwanza. If you like when this show is dark and inappropriate,

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Go look at the reviews of cards against humanity on Amazon and I think that'll tell you a lot

about how funny people find it. Anyway, I'm Paul Gilmart and this is the Metal illness

Happy Hour. Honest about all the battles in our heads for medically diagnosed conditions,

past traumas and sexual dysfunction to every day, compulsive. Compulsive. That's something

you can't stop doing but it involves pus. Compulsive negative thinking that there

shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental. Professional. Slow the fuck down, Paul.

This show, I'm so afraid that the introduction, which I'm making longer now, which is just

contributing to my fear of you guys going, oh Jesus, this fucking intro again, I'm done

with this podcast. The show is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental

counseling. It's not a doctor's office. I'm not a therapist. It's more like a waiting

room that doesn't suck. The website for this show is mentalpod.com. Go check it out.

In the forum, take a survey, read surveys. What other people have filled out, sharing their

deepest, darkest struggles, secrets, shames, fantasies, support the show, read a blog.

Lots of really good guest blogs. Let's get to some, oh, I also want to give some love

to the vets out there. We had Veterans Day this week in the States and in Canada.

I was reminded, and I'm not getting this quote exact, but Carl Marlantes, who is a terrific

author and is a book called What It's Like to Go To War and One of the Things that He essentially

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