Welcome to episode 223 with my guest Heather Marlow.

I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Metal Illness Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all

the battles in our heads, from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual

dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.

This shows that 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 there, check it out, fill out surveys so we can get to know you the listener.

Unload your deepest darkest secrets.

It certainly is a big part of the show, the stuff that you guys share in those.

You can also browse and see how other people have filled out surveys.

You can join the forum, you can read guest blogs, you can support the show financially,

all kinds of stuff.

So please go check out the website.

I want to read some struggle in the sentence surveys before we get to the interview with

Heather.

This is, this one is by Tiffany and about her depression, she writes, I have no idea what

kind, but I feel tired all the time in monotone, boy did I relate to that one.

Then this is interesting, a snapshot that highlights her life, she writes, I feel too big

for the world, like no one can handle me on any level.

As a result, I feel invisible.

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