#487 BiPolar I - Graphic Novelist Rachel Lindsay

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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The graphic novelist (Rx) opens up about her battles with Bipolar I, being involuntarily committed, and having been an ad account executive creating a campaign for the very pill she was taking, participating in the "commercialization of my own suffering." More about Rachel. Instagram: @rlindsay_comics , twitter: @RLindsayComics and her website is:www.RachelLivesHereNow.com Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by Archer&Olive journals/notebooks. For 10% off use offer code HAPPY at www.archerandolive.com This episode is sponsored by SquareSpace. For 10% off the purchase of your first website or domain, after launching use offer code MENTAL at www.SquareSpace.com/mental WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- 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 487 with my guest Rachel Lindsay.
0:07.5	My name is Paul Gilmarton.
0:08.6	This is the metal illness happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads
0:13.6	from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday
0:19.6	compulsive negative thinking.
0:21.8	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:25.4	I am not a therapist.
0:27.0	It's not a doctor's office.
0:28.4	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:31.3	The website for this show is metalpod.com.
0:34.1	A metal pod, also the social media handles.
0:37.2	You can follow me at.
0:41.2	I hope you are faring well out there, or at the very least hanging in there.
0:49.7	They just extended the stay at home for a couple more months here in Los Angeles.
0:58.0	Wow, by the way, this episode with Rachel was recorded about a week before any of the
1:04.9	stay at home orders in this country were given.
1:08.2	It's kind of interesting.
1:09.6	It's almost like an episode that was recorded on September 10.
1:18.0	I've been having trouble, and I'm sure those of you that are regular listeners, especially
1:22.8	if you've listened to episodes from the first couple of years of the podcast that the
1:29.5	last year or so, I've been slower and having more difficulty finding my words and expressing
1:37.3	my thoughts.
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