Episode 122: Giving Up Her Baby - Valerie

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2013

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Valerie, a listener talks about the painful decision she made to give her only son up for adoption years ago when she was 18 and living with her Catholic, divorced mother. 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 122 with my guest, Valerie.
0:05.6	I'm Paul Gilmarten.
0:06.6	This is the metal illness, happy hour.
0:08.6	An hour or two of honesty about all the battles in our heads for medically diagnosed conditions
0:13.2	and past traumas to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:16.6	The show's not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:19.8	It's not a doctor's office.
0:21.2	It's more like a waiting room.
0:22.6	It doesn't suck.
0:23.6	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:26.7	All kinds of stuff there.
0:27.7	You can get involved in.
0:28.7	There's a forum.
0:29.7	You can support the show financially.
0:31.8	You can take surveys.
0:33.0	You can see how other people responded to surveys.
0:35.4	There's like eight different surveys in a variety of topics.
0:38.6	And if you're familiar with the show, you know I read them.
0:41.7	They're a part of the show.
0:43.3	And they let me get to know you guys.
0:45.0	And I think you guys also get a lot from them, according to the emails I get from you.
0:49.7	They bring you some comfort to know that you're not alone in the stuff you think and feel.
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