Welcome to episode 680 with my desk Kaley Powers. This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour, which is a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past trauma, sexual dysfunction, and everyday compulsive negative thinking in this show is not meant to be a substitute for professional

mental counseling. I am not a therapist. Just came back from my favorite

Thursday night support group meeting and oh my God, the guy that spoke there was so fucking good and I'm hoping hoping to get him to come on the

podcast he gave me his number so I think we're gonna make that happen but oh can't wait

can't wait for you guys to hear him we are at God I forgot what is 600 sure those 890 Patreon donors.

And we are, we've kind of plateaued

and we really, really need some more support. And I'm sure those of you who've already stepped up and

donated are like, oh my God, I've already donated. Do I have to keep hearing this fucking

message? But I'm a big proponent and if you need help, ask for it.

And so we need help.

Ads are great, but they do not pay the bills.

We depend on sponsors and or donors and we have

posted some new stuff on Patreon some Gracie videos, some videos of me doing a little bit of woodworking in the shop, and

I know there was something. Oh, I know what it was. Well, I actually I'll address it. Somebody asked a question in a survey and I'll just address it when we get to that but

Gracie. I know if you guys can hear her on the back but sometimes. You know how dogs have the

zoomies where like they get super excited and they run around? She doesn't really do that but she

does it on the bed on her back.

She gets really excited.

I love it.

This is from the Struggle and A Sentence Survey,

and this is filled out by a trans woman who calls herself Liz and about her

Depression she writes it feels like knowing and believing that the world is full of beautiful and vibrant colors, but still seeing it in black and white.

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