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Mental Illness Happy Hour

#235 Peter Hesen

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2015

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

The 61 year-old talks about loneliness, the painful depths his addictions took him to and the chance he has in sobriety to be the kind of father he never had. 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 235 with my guest, Peter Hessem.

0:06.2

I'm Paul Gilmarten.

0:07.2

This is the Metal Onus Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads

0:11.7

from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday

0:16.8

compulsive negative thinking.

0:18.8

This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.

0:22.2

It's not a doctor's office.

0:23.2

I'm not a therapist.

0:24.2

It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.

0:26.8

The website for this show is mentalpod.com.

0:30.4

Go there, check it out.

0:31.4

You can join the forum.

0:32.6

You can read blogs.

0:34.5

You can fill out these surveys that we read on the podcast.

0:38.0

You can make donations to the show.

0:40.5

All kinds of stuff to check out there.

0:45.5

I am in, I believe, year 10 of my war against my pant size.

0:55.2

My pant size is winning.

0:59.6

I made the mistake of going, well, you know what?

1:02.7

I'm just going to get big pants.

1:05.4

I'm going to get pants that are too big.

1:08.2

Then I can eat whatever I want.

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