#337 - Raised in Repression & BPD - Anne from Berlin

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2017

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

Creative and sensitive, born and raised in 1980's communist East Germany by a dysfunctional family, Anne's abuse was not dramatic, more like death by 1000 cuts. Bearing the brunt of being a first child and resented for her intelligence, she developed BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) but has always turned the anger inwards, rarely if ever lashing out. She talks about the benefits of learning DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) as well as her struggles with anorexia, bingeing, cutting and being passive aggressive as well as the greater context of her personal battles taking place alongside her country's people fighting for freedom and independence from a regime that shot its own citizens for trying to leave the country. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To experience a week for free go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental and fill out a questionnaire This episode is sponsored by BlueApron. To get your first 3 meals free with free shipping go to www.BlueApron.com/mental This episode is sponsored by Bombas socks. To get 20% off go to www.Bombas.com/mental To help finance Paul's next trip to record international guests consider contributing to its GoFundMe page. Consider becoming a monthly donor to the podcast (and get occasional bonus content from Paul) www.Patreon.com/mentalpod To make a one-time PayPal donation go to www.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 337 with my guest Ann from Berlin.
0:06.8	I'm Paul Gilmarten.
0:07.8	This is the metal illness.
0:08.8	Happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed
0:13.5	conditions, past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:20.4	The show's not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:24.6	I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office.
0:27.9	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:30.4	But I did go to college.
0:32.1	I did go to college.
0:33.3	I did my undergrad and how could you?
0:37.5	And then I got my masters in if only.
0:41.3	And I'm currently working on my PhD in why didn't I?
0:47.0	I can't tell if that was mildly amusing or eye-rollingly bad.
0:55.4	That's the thing that I miss about to stand up is that immediate response of an audience.
1:02.4	And the mean voice in my head, as many of you know is named mean DJ voice, it fills the
1:09.0	gap.
1:10.0	Immediately it fills the gap.
1:12.6	And I'm a little tired of them.
1:15.5	A little tired of mean DJ voice.
1:17.4	Hey, welcome to anybody who is a new listener, especially those of you who found us through
1:26.0	iTunes.
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