#532 Matt Haig

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Best-selling author Matt Haig (@MattHaig1) discusses how he works through his depression, panic attacks, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Matt has written several books including Reasons to Stay Alive and his newest book The Midnight Library. Follow Matt @MattHaig1 Check out his website at www.MattHaig.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. 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	Miss Fit toys.
0:02.7	Welcome to episode 532 with my guest Matt Hague.
0:05.7	I am Paul Gilmarton.
0:06.9	This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.
0:08.8	A place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions,
0:14.6	past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:20.2	This shows that meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:25.1	Pretty obvious, but I like to say in any ways.
0:27.4	I am not a therapist, but I am a nut job.
0:32.0	I'm working on my nut job license, which is hard because if you show up to get your license,
0:40.8	they know you're not a nut job.
0:42.4	So there's a catch 22 there.
0:47.4	I feel like I'm about 75% over the COVID for anybody who is interested.
0:55.7	This smells about 75% back.
0:58.8	And yeah, I feel grateful that it didn't knock me out or leave so far in any lasting
1:08.4	damage.
1:09.4	I want to read a couple of surveys before we get to the interview with Matt.
1:14.5	This is from the Struggle on the Sentence Survey, filled out by Lisa P. and about her depression.
1:19.0	She writes,
1:20.0	her depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder half of my time is spent thinking
1:26.2	about wanting to die while the other half is worrying about everything that might kill
1:30.3	me.
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