Ep 13: Forgiveness with Paul Gilmartin

Where My Moms At? w/ Christina P.

Christina Pazsitzky

Relationships, Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Parenting, Comedy

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2015

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Nietzsche thought forgetfulness was essential to human existence, without it "there could be no happiness, cheerfulness, hope, pride, immediacy..." Forgetfulness is similar to forgiveness in that it requires we let go of negative emotions that harm us. But how does one forgive the unforgivable? Nazis? Child molesters? Do they deserve forgiveness? My guest Paul Gilmartin of the Mental Illness Happy Hour discusses how he forgave his abusive mother. Brutally honest and touching, you will love this episode.

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0:00.0	What is nothing?
0:07.0	What and the fuck are we doing here?
0:12.0	That's deep bro.
0:31.0	Hi, welcome to that deep bro.
0:39.0	Serious questions with silly people.
0:41.0	I'm your host Christina Pagetski,
0:44.0	comedian and you hate that, comedian and philosopher.
0:49.0	I studied philosophy as an undergraduate
0:51.0	and now I'm bringing all my favorite ideas.
0:53.0	And today is an idea more out of the self-help world
0:58.0	but nonetheless I find a way to tie this into Nietzsche.
1:02.0	Can you believe that?
1:04.0	Topic for today is forgiveness.
1:07.0	Oh, forgiveness or forgetfulness when Nietzsche discusses it
1:11.0	in the genealogy of morals.
1:13.0	My guest today is Paul Gilmartin of the Mental Illness Happy Hour.
1:18.0	He has a wonderful podcast called The Mental Illness Happy Hour.
1:22.0	And he has spent years devoted to the topic of mental illness
1:27.0	and a very thoughtful, very helpful way.
1:30.0	I highly recommend checking out his show at mentalpod.com.
1:34.0	He himself is an abuse survivor and an incest survivor of his mother.
1:42.0	And today's topic is how do you begin to forgive that?
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