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Mental Illness Happy Hour

#554 Don Morgan

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 β€’ 6.1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 August 2021

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Don Morgan, an Emmy award winning cinematographer and Paul's long-time friend, shares his experiences with being stuck in a foreign prison at 13 years old, overcoming alcohol addiction, and navigating life with severe learning disabilities. For more about Don: http://www.donaldmmorganasc.com/index.html 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 β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Miss Fit toys.

0:02.6

Welcome to Episode 554 with one of my favorite people in the entire world, my friend Don Morgan.

0:10.0

I am Paul Gilmarten.

0:11.4

This is the Metal Inal mishappy hour, a place where honesty about all the battles in our

0:16.1

heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday

0:22.6

compulsive negative thinking.

0:24.5

This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.

0:29.0

I'm not a therapist.

0:30.8

I am a former comedian and TV host that made his money-tellant dick jokes.

0:37.2

When you think of that, how's that for some bonafides?

0:42.4

The website for the show is metalpod.com and metalpod.

0:47.5

Also the social media handles you can follow us at.

0:51.0

I want to kick things off with an email I got from... and she writes high-pawl.

1:00.0

Today I left my marriage.

1:01.5

I knew I was unhappy.

1:03.6

The main issue we've been working on for 11 years had made very little progress and

1:08.1

it was maddening, but I wouldn't leave.

1:11.2

So my brain decided to help get me out.

1:13.9

This is how.

1:14.9

I started having these episodes of racing thoughts where I felt like I couldn't trust

1:19.3

my own thoughts and I didn't know what was real.

1:23.0

It was so scary that I reached out to my sometimes therapist.

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