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Mental Illness Happy Hour

#643 Body Image & Eating Disorders - Jenny Zigrino

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Jenny Zigrino (@JennyZigrino) is a standup comedian from Minnesota who was put on a diet at the age of 5. She talks about how her parents’ reaction to her weight shaped her self-image, how she overcame her eating disorder, and how her body acceptance is continually evolving. Check out her brand new comedy hour, Jen-Z, on Youtube. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 643 with my guest, Jenny Zegrino.

0:06.1

Paul Gilmarten, this is the medal in all this happy hour, a place for honesty about all

0:10.0

the bullshit bouncing around in our skulls.

0:13.2

I'm not a therapist.

0:14.2

This is not a doctor's office.

0:17.7

It's more like one of those old photo booths where you used to take your film to get developed

0:23.2

and you would think, what is that like just sitting in that tiny little booth in the

0:26.9

middle of a parking lot all day.

0:30.3

People who are under 20 years old are going to have no idea what you are talking about.

0:35.7

Old man, get in your wheelchair and take off.

0:43.3

I was thinking the last night, I've been battling not feeling, I don't know if the word

0:55.9

excitement is right, but feeling flat.

1:00.9

I was thinking last night, what is the difference between good stillness and feeling flat?

1:09.2

Because they both involve having a lowered sense of vibration, whatever you want to call

1:19.1

it.

1:21.0

What I like and I think one is good and the other one fucking blows.

1:27.3

I think stillness, the difference between stillness and feeling flat is stillness, there's

1:34.9

a sense of gratitude and enjoying the little things.

1:39.6

And I've been having trouble lately, even though I don't feel agitated or angry or any

1:44.4

of those other emotions that I used to feel so much in have to battle, I feel

1:51.0

numb is the right word, but I find myself just wanting to pound caffeine to

1:59.9

shock myself into feeling something.

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