Episode 102: Peter T

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2013

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Paul's friend opens up about being adopted by a physically and sexually abusive paranoid schizophrenic mother, being a child actor and almost dying from AIDS. They talk about spirituality, Peter's Christianity, and the importance of surrender. 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 102 with my guest, Peter Morrison.
0:05.9	I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the mental illness happy hour, 90 minutes of honesty about
0:10.1	all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions and past traumas to
0:15.4	everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:17.8	This show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling, it's not
0:21.7	a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:25.3	Look at that, I got right to it, I kind of like that.
0:29.3	The website for this show is mentalpod.com, there's all kinds of stuff that you can find
0:34.4	there, there's a form, you can connect other listeners through, there's all kinds of
0:38.9	topics and threads created, so go join it and start sharing with each other, there's
0:44.3	a lot of people that are active on it already and it's beautiful witnessing people connecting
0:50.5	over similar issues.
0:52.9	There are also a bunch of surveys that you can take and you can also see how those other
0:57.0	people that have taken the survey have responded.
0:59.2	So if you're fascinated by other people in there, what makes them tick, go check that
1:05.9	out.
1:06.9	Oh, a reminder, I'm coming to Portland, April 18th through 21st for the Bridgetown Comedy
1:15.1	Festival and yeah, so hopefully you'll get to meet some of you, you folks from Portland
1:22.0	and maybe interview a couple of you, what else is happening that I wanted to share with
1:27.2	you?
1:29.2	I fired my therapist, which was really kind of hard to do and I fired, is that the
1:35.5	word, cut him loose, gave him a pink slip, she was good, but there was something lacking,
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