#217 Jeanie Bergen

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Relationships, Sexuality, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2015

⏱️ 126 minutes

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The 30 year-old writer talks about being parentless at 3 and the complex relationship with her mentally disabled sister whom she now has guardianship of. She and Paul bond over suicidal thoughts, isolating and much much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 217 with my guest, Jeannie Bergen.
0:05.9	I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.
0:08.6	I honestly about all the battles in our heads for medically diagnosed conditions, past
0:13.0	traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:17.8	The show's not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:21.0	I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that
0:24.6	doesn't suck.
0:25.9	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:28.7	That's also the Twitter name you can follow me at.
0:31.1	So go check out the website.
0:33.0	You can read blogs, you can join the forum, you can take surveys, you can see how other
0:39.3	people responded to the surveys, and you can support the show as well.
0:45.3	It'll update on my condition, I don't know what else you would call it.
0:52.2	Those of you that listen regularly know that I've been going through quite a bit of
0:55.9	a struggle lately.
0:57.2	I'm on about week three or three or four of going off a billify, which has been a nightmarish
1:05.9	roller coaster to say the least.
1:08.4	A lot of suicidal thoughts, terrible insomnia, and a lot of anxiety.
1:16.9	And then my back going out because of the anxiety.
1:20.1	Oh, and throwing a little constipation.
1:21.9	Well, constipation's better.
1:23.8	That was too much information to share.
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