#339 I Wrote A Hit Now What?!! - Seth Swirsky

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2017

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

He's authored Grammy-nominated hits for the biggest artists, put out his own albums, written best-selling books on baseball, and directed a documentary on the Beatles. And for as long as he can remember he has struggled with anxiety, panic attacks and feeling disconnected. What happens when you're achieving your dreams but you haven't dealt with the feelings underneath the drive to be recognized? Seth got his masters in clinical psychology. He opens up about his life and his approach to dealing with mental illness -especially depression and anxiety-, making art, raising kids and finding peace through a life lived with authenticity and meaning. For info on or to purchase his book 21 Ways to a Happier Depressionclick here. To see all the books, music, documentaries and art he's done visit Seth's personal website: Seth.com To learn more about him as therapist in Los Angeles visit Seththerapy.com This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To try a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental and fill out a questionnaire. Must be 18 The podcast is doing live recordings Aug 2 & 3 in Oakland. For details and tickets go to www.eastbayexpress.com/mental To become a monthly donor (and qualify for bonus content and goodies from Paul like the upcoming raffle for a free hotel at LAPodfest Oct 6-8) go to www.Patreon.com/mentalpod To learn more about LAPodfest go to www.LAPodfest.com To help fund Paul's next trip to record international guests, especially in Ireland, go to https://www.gofundme.com/pauls-trip-to-ireland To make a one-time donations via Paypal go to www.mentalpod.com/donate Help the podcast by shopping with our podcast's Amazon link (it doesn't make your product any more expensive - even bookmark it!) 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 339 with my guest Seth Swersky.
0:06.1	I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.
0:09.2	A place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions,
0:14.2	past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:19.6	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:23.6	I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that
0:27.8	doesn't suck.
0:29.0	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:32.9	Mentalpod is also the Twitter handle you can follow me at.
0:37.0	I also think I never remembered a mention that we have a Facebook page for the podcast
0:44.4	as well.
0:45.4	I believe it's facebook.com slash mental pod.
0:50.8	I want to read an awful some moment filled out by Lolita and she writes,
0:56.4	I'm a classic people pleaser and overvalidating, oversharing mess of a human.
1:02.3	Last week I was having a conversation with someone and we were talking about insecurity
1:06.1	and feeling unattractive so that's when I commend and without thinking, blurred out,
1:11.2	that I have a hundred photos of that person saved in my phone.
1:15.2	Therefore validating that they are in fact incredibly attractive.
1:20.0	Despite genuinely finding them attractive and without adout appreciating their existence,
1:25.4	I actually only had one photo of them saved and that was for their contact photo.
1:31.8	I got so caught up in the fear of someone else not feeling like enough that I was willing
1:37.6	to risk looking like a stalker.
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