Brian Simpson

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 96 minutes

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The standup comic (Lights Out) (aka @BSComedian) and Iraq War vet opens up about his unstable childhood - being lied to and moved from foster home to foster home - and how it has affected him, what he learned about white people while serving in the Marines, battling Major Depressive Disorder and his thoughts on cultural appropriation. Follow Brian on social media @BSComedian Check out his FB page www.Facebook.com/BSComedian Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by RemRise. Get your first week free (just pay shipping) at www.GetRemRise.com/mental WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 466 with my guest Brian Simpson.
0:06.0	I am Paul Gilmarten.
0:08.8	And this here, this here podcast, this in here thing is the metal illness happy hour.
0:15.0	It's a place for honesty about all the battles in your head from medically diagnosed conditions,
0:21.8	past traumas and sexual dysfunction to simple everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:28.4	I'm not a therapist, I'm a former standup comedian and TV host.
0:33.7	I'm still a professional jackass.
0:36.6	And this this podcast is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:42.9	It's a peer to peer thing.
0:45.2	And we've been doing it nine years.
0:49.4	God, I can't believe it's it's been that long.
0:51.9	Um, I've had one of those weeks that is just, uh, Christmasy.
1:00.7	And for those of you that don't enjoy Christmas, you know, you know what I mean.
1:05.7	There's that I have that feeling like when I see lights go up or somebody getting
1:09.8	excitedly talking about Christmas, I just feel left behind.
1:14.6	It's it's a feeling like standing out in the backyard, looking in through the window at everybody
1:21.2	having a party that you're not invited to.
1:23.4	And I think it's easy to kind of adopt a cynical attitude about
1:30.0	about Christmas or the holidays and, um, but for so many of us, we're not exaggerating.
1:36.1	It just really is something to be endured rather than something to look forward to.
1:40.8	And I wish I looked forward to it.
1:43.9	Um, but I think the catastrophizing part of our brain has so much past information to load
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