#312 Why Am I A Mess? My Parents Loved Me - Amanda Bloom

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2017

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

The 30 year-old freelance journalist and Pilates teacher doesn't have anything dramatic to point to in her life, yet she has struggled to find her voice in life with bad relationships, eating disorders, depression, body dysmorphia, and intense fears of rejection and feeling excluded. Paul and Amanda peel back the layers to try to find out what's underneath. To learn more about Amanda, go to www.AmandaBloom.com Follow her on Twitter @AmandaJBloom This episode is sponsored by ZipRecruiter.com Listeners can post jobs for free by going to www.ziprecruiter.com/first To become a monthly donor to the podcast (and get the occasional reward from Paul) go to www.Patreon.com/mentalpod To donate Frequent Flyer miles to the podcast go to http://mentalpod.com/donate 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 312 with my guest Amanda Bloom.
0:06.6	Paul Gilmartin, this is the Metal Inalmost Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all the
0:10.6	battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction
0:16.4	to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:19.1	This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:22.8	I'm not a therapist, this is down to doctor's office.
0:25.3	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:28.6	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:32.4	And go check it out, fill out a survey.
0:34.9	Maybe we'll read your survey on the air.
0:38.2	You can browse the forum, read blogs, guest blogs, support the show, sign up on PayPal, on Patreon,
0:49.1	donate frequent flyer miles.
0:50.9	Those are all ways that you can support the show if you feel so inclined.
0:55.5	I want to, and by the way, this episode with Amanda was recorded about a little over a
1:02.2	year ago.
1:03.2	So I think there's a question in there where I reference sleeping a ton and still feeling
1:10.5	kind of depressed.
1:11.5	That hasn't been in the case in a while.
1:14.4	Alright, this is an email that I got from a listener named Melissa.
1:22.7	And I'm just going to read a portion of it.
1:24.2	It's I'm a huge people, please, and I'm afraid to end therapy with my current therapist.
1:31.0	I want to change because when I mentioned that I want to go over my past more and process
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