#658 Childhood Trauma & Self-Perception - Raquel

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Paul met Raquel in a group therapy session and just had to hear more of her story. She is an immigrant from El Salvador who is confronting her abusive childhood. She also struggles with two chronic illnesses and issues of self-perception. She opens up about how she’s working through all of these areas and coming out the other side as someone who respects and takes care of herself.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 658 with my guest Raquel, that's a pseudonym we're using for her.
0:11.2	There's a metal illness happy hour, a place for her honesty about all the battles in our
0:15.0	heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday
0:21.1	compulsive negative thinking.
0:23.4	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:27.5	I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room.
0:32.9	And waiting room is also the name of the new support group we have.
0:38.0	It's kind of a support group, kind of a hangout, and we do it every Sunday afternoon
0:42.0	on Zoom and we had a nice group of about 20 people this last Sunday.
0:47.3	And it's for people who are at the $20 or above level as a Patreon monthly donors
0:53.2	and a lot of vulnerability, a lot of compassion, and really energizing, really enjoyed it.
1:00.0	Thank you to those of you that did show up.
1:06.0	Speaking of, I am not a therapist, a lot of pushback from people about last week's episode
1:16.6	with Dr. Caroline, Caroline Leif.
1:21.2	I'm just going to read this email that I got some from somebody, and there were some
1:25.8	people who did enjoy the episode and said that they got a lot out of it, but the overwhelming
1:30.1	majority of people were really disappointed and alarmed by some of the, not necessarily
1:40.9	as much of the things that she shared, but let me just read this email.
1:47.5	And this is, represents a lot of the emails that I got.
1:51.7	This is from Anna, she writes, Paul, I had to say something about the most recent guest
1:55.9	you had on the show.
1:56.9	I cannot believe you invited her to speak.
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