#520 Best Of - Jessie Perez

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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The former East L.A. gang member has been dodging bullets for years – sometimes literally sometimes figuratively. Though he walked away from his criminal ways years ago, he opens up about the mindset that made that life seem like a good choice, the high that comes from being shot at, dealing with tragedy, finding God and what it felt like to be a Chicano in 1970’s Los Angeles. 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. For those under 18 you will be redirected to or can go directly to TeenCounseling at www.teencounseling.com 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 520. It's a best of replay of an episode from 2012 with my friend Jesse
0:09.2	Perez. I'm Paul Gilmarton. This is the metal illness happy hour. A place for honesty
0:14.0	about all the bull shit rattling around in our heads. This is not meant to be a substitute
0:20.4	for professional mental counseling. I'm not a therapist. Not a doctor's office, more
0:25.5	like a waiting room that doesn't suck. Our sponsor for today is always is BetterHelp.com.
0:31.8	Online counseling. That's betterhemp.com. If you're interested in trying online counseling,
0:39.6	go to BetterHelp.com slash mental. Make sure you include the slash mental parts so they know
0:45.1	you came from this podcast. Then fill out a questionnaire and if they feel they have a counselor
0:50.4	who's a good fit for you, they will pair you up with one and you can experience a free week of
0:55.5	counseling. You need to be over 18 and BetterHelp is licensed in all 50 states. Highly higher
1:02.7	recommend it. All right, without any further ado, here is the best of with Jesse Perez. I'm here
1:09.2	with my friend Jesse Perez who I've known for probably about seven years. I think we we met in
1:15.8	about 2004 and you're somebody that I just immediately was drawn to. You're sense of humor.
1:25.0	You're one of the least phony people I know and I've always been drawn to people like that.
1:32.4	So when you agreed to do this podcast, I was very excited and I got to say I'm a little
1:39.2	I don't know if intimidated is the right word but I care very much what you think of me
1:44.0	and I don't want to let you down and I just wanted to get that out of the way up top.
1:51.5	Okay, well just so we're clear on it, I have a very low opinion about you all the way around
1:55.4	pretty much so we're good. Let's be clear on that. You don't have to worry anymore.
2:00.3	Well, you got why you got to make a race war right out of the gate.
2:04.3	No, I think the reason we have a connection is because we think highly of each other and I kind of
2:09.4	you know the same thing you say about me I can sure for sure I can say about you. Well thank you. I
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