Episode 108: Greg Fitzsimmons

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2013

⏱️ 110 minutes

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The writer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Lucky Louie) comedian (Comedy Central, The Howard Stern Show) and podcaster (Fitzdog Radio) opens up about his tumultuous relationship with his late father, his temper, his body shame, ADHD and alcohol. 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 108 with my guest, Greg Fitzsimmons.
0:05.9	I'm Paul Gilmarton.
0:07.0	This is the metal illness happy hour, 90 minutes of honesty about all the battles in our heads.
0:11.6	Prometically diagnosed conditions and past traumas to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:16.4	The show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:19.5	It's not a doctor's office.
0:20.9	It's more like a waiting room.
0:22.5	It doesn't suck.
0:23.8	A website for this show is a mental pod.com.
0:27.9	All kinds of good stuff there.
0:29.1	There's surveys you can take.
0:31.2	There's a newsletter you can sign up for.
0:34.0	You can buy a t-shirt.
0:35.8	You can...
0:37.8	Did I mention the forum?
0:40.1	Wow.
0:42.4	Wow.
0:44.2	I don't even want to know what I'm going to look like when I'm 80.
0:46.7	That is not good.
0:47.7	My wife and I always joke about...
0:49.6	I'm going to be plowing through a farmer's market in my oversized Cadillac.
0:54.6	Thinking that I'm in a corn field.
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