#493 Listener Struggles

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Paul reads submissions from listeners about the challenges in their lives. 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	Miss Fit toys.
0:03.0	Welcome to episode 493 with my guest you, the listener.
0:07.6	We're going to read your responses to surveys, some emails, and of course I'm going to
0:14.2	talk about myself and Gracie's going to interrupt me and I'm going to have a panic attack.
0:20.1	My name is Paul Gilmarten.
0:21.4	This is the metal illness happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads
0:26.0	from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday
0:32.6	compulsive negative thinking.
0:34.6	This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:38.1	I'm not a therapist.
0:39.1	It's not a doctor's office.
0:41.4	More like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:43.5	Think of a waiting room with just lavender candles and some other Sedona, Arizona stereotype
0:54.7	that I can think of.
0:59.3	In my support group this week, somebody said something that I hear all the time.
1:07.7	They said I wanted to kill myself but I didn't have the courage.
1:13.5	I always think to myself, what courage is continuing on.
1:20.5	Courage is deciding to get out of bed when you can't force a smile or feel any joy
1:26.7	and say, yeah, I'm going to do laundry for the 4,000 fucking time.
1:32.7	That to me is courage.
1:38.0	I've been having some issues with over sleeping.
1:43.3	I always tell myself, I don't need to say an alarm.
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