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Welcome to episode 771 with my guest Amanda Yule. My name's Paul. My last name's Kilmartin.

How's I grab you? Now, If you're new, I hope you find

this to be a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed

conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.

And this show is not meant to be a substitute for professional or to everyday compulsive negative thinking.

And this show is not meant to be a substitute for professional.

Metal counseling, you've been warned.

How are you doing with your hate and your despair?

When I meditate, man, that's where my head goes. And I know my job for my sanity.

And I feel like to be a productive member of society is to find a way to deal with that, to not let it ruin my day or take it out on other people. And I'm like to say I'm good at it. I live, I have peaceful days. It's really all internal, but fuck it. It's a challenge. It's so easy to hate these days

and to become consumed by it because it's terrifying. It is terrifying. Do you ever look at animals and just think, oh, the bliss of ignorance?

But they're worried about other shit.

They're worried that the person that, you know, went to get groceries is never coming back.

I don't know.

Would you trade that?

Not having to have a job.

Your rent's paid for, but you got to eat the same fucking food every day.

Nah, I wouldn't do it.

Now that that's settled.

Let's read some surveys.

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