#622 Best Of - OG Iranian Freedom Fighter Nadereh Fanaeian
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 134 minutes
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Summary
Originally recorded and aired in 2011 Nadereh’s story is sadly all too timely today. Nadereh (@NaderehShe) is a former Marxist revolutionary who fled her native Iran (while 6 months pregnant) after the capture and execution of her husband in the 1988 prisoner massacre where over 5000 were killed regardless of time served. Nadereh and her husband were the first wave of the killing, oppression and displacement that continues to this day in Iran by the same government that is in power today killing those battling for basic women's rights. She eventually settled in San Francisco and became a nurse at a psychiatric hospital. The fact that we never even discuss what she has experienced as a nurse in two hours speaks to the amount of drama she has endured. Survivor’s guilt, betrayal, loss, discrimination and poverty have not stopped her. A truly incredible story that is still unfolding.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 622 with my guest, Not Array Fenoyan. |
| 0:06.6 | This is a best of episode originally recorded way back in 2011. |
| 0:10.9 | Was anybody alive in 2011? |
| 0:13.4 | I think her story is very timely now, being that in the 80s she was fighting the regime |
| 0:20.9 | that is still in power and sadly had to flee the country. |
| 0:26.2 | But her story has continued to evolve since then and I'll give you a little update |
| 0:31.0 | on where her life is at the end of this episode. |
| 0:36.7 | Before I forget, the metal illness happy hour is sponsored by BetterHelp.com online therapy. |
| 0:43.2 | If you have never tried online therapy, what are you doing? |
| 0:48.1 | Where have you been? |
| 0:49.7 | My God! |
| 0:51.8 | You get to do it from the luxury of your couch, your recliner, your kitchen chair, your car, |
| 0:58.2 | wherever you want to do it, wherever you want to do it. |
| 1:00.3 | I've been doing it for I think six years now and my therapist Heidi is, she's great, |
| 1:10.5 | she helps me. |
| 1:12.9 | You know a lot of the shit I'm kind of dealing with these days are smaller issues. |
| 1:18.9 | I think just because of all the work I've done, but it's really nice to have somebody |
| 1:24.2 | kind of like BetterHelp uses the analogy of the auto shop and having an owner's manual |
| 1:32.7 | and it's nice to go in for a tune up every couple of weeks. |
| 1:36.6 | So I highly recommend it. |
| 1:38.6 | It's the world's largest therapy service, BetterHelp has matched three million people with |
| 1:43.8 | professionally licensed and vetted therapists available 100% online plus it's affordable. |
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