Episode 141: Susanna Brisk

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2013

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Borderline Personality Disorder is often misunderstood. The blogger, author, performer and mom explains what it's like to live with, how to manage it and when it's most challenging. She also shares about her emotionally volatile childhood with her Russian Jewish relatives who emigrated from Estonia to Australia and being the mother of two boys. She also shares about living with the idea that her performing dreams may never come true. 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	I welcome Episode 141 with my guest, Susanna Brisk.
0:06.1	I'm Paul Gilmarton, this is weird how I am Paul Gilmarton, this is the metal illness
0:11.7	happy hour, an hour or two of honesty about all the battles in our heads for medically
0:15.8	diagnosed conditions, past traumas and sexual dysfunction that everyday compulsive negative
0:21.2	thinking.
0:22.2	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling, I mean Christ
0:25.6	listen to me.
0:27.3	You're in trouble.
0:28.5	If you start taking what I say seriously, it is actually a good advice.
0:36.6	Show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling, it's more like
0:40.1	a yes, not a doctor's office, oh I've gone way off track, danger or will Robinson.
0:46.5	It's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:50.1	I should just stick to what I've been saying every time instead of trying to add lib and
0:54.4	I just get off track.
0:57.1	The website for this show is mentalpod.com, all kinds of good stuff there.
1:01.7	You can read blogs by me, blogs by guest bloggers and you can take a fill out surveys, which
1:08.4	is you know I love to read on the podcast.
1:11.7	You can see how other people have filled out surveys, they're done anonymously so people
1:15.6	really spill their inner lives onto these and they're quite fascinating.
1:22.4	You can support the show by going to the website as well.
1:27.6	Not a lot of surveys, this show is going to be light on surveys, I'm getting ready
1:32.8	to head to Toronto, I'm actually recording this a couple of days ahead of time even though
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