#261 Bipolar Mania w/Andy Behrman

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2016

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

The author (Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania) and divorced father shares about his tumultuous life in the grips of manic episodes, including art fraud, sex work and prison as well as receiving ECT (electroconvulsive therapy or shock treatment) Follow Andy on Twitter @electroboyUSA Andy's website is www.electroboy.com This episode is sponsored by Howl.FM For a free one month trial sign up at www.howl.fm and use the offer code MENTAL 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 261 with my guest Andy Burman.
0:05.9	I'm Paul Gilmarton.
0:06.9	This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads.
0:11.6	From medically diagnosed conditions past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive
0:16.9	negative thinking.
0:18.4	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:21.9	It's not a doctor's office.
0:23.3	I'm not a therapist.
0:24.3	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:27.0	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:30.1	Go there, check it out.
0:31.1	There are surveys you can fill out.
0:32.4	Maybe we'll read one on the hair.
0:35.2	You can join the forum.
0:37.8	You can read blogs, guest blogs.
0:40.1	You can support the show financially.
0:42.6	So go check that out.
0:44.5	A mental pod is also the Twitter handle that you can follow me at.
0:49.0	I leave tomorrow morning to go do a live show in Oakland.
0:53.2	This episode will have aired after I've done the show.
0:57.9	I don't really need to give out the specifics of it.
1:00.8	I'm going to keep the surveys short tonight because I'm just nervous about traveling.
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