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Mental Illness Happy Hour

Episode 168: Sexual Confusion - Kira

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2014

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

The 29 year-old shares about the shame of having intrusive thoughts imagining sex with children; getting blackout drunk to the point of violence and making peace with coming out as a lesbian after years of not understanding why she disliked sex with men. 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 168 with my guest, Kira.

0:05.8

This episode is sponsored by Pillpack, the pharmacy that delivers convenient pre-sorted

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meds right to your door.

0:11.5

It takes all the stress out of getting it refilled, and you can support the medal on this

0:15.7

happy hour just by checking out their website, it's pillpack.com slash happy hour.

0:20.5

It might be the first pharmacy you actually like using, and the first month is free when

0:25.0

you visit pillpack.com slash happy hour.

0:28.7

I'm Paul Gilmartin, this is the medal on this happy hour.

0:31.4

Two hours of honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions,

0:35.8

past traumas, and sexual dysfunction, to everyday compulsive negative thinking.

0:40.2

This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional counseling, it's not a doctor's

0:44.8

office, it's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.

0:48.0

The website for this show is mentalpod.com, it's also the Twitter name you can follow

0:52.8

me at.

0:53.8

And go check out the website, you can read blog posts by myself, by other people, you

0:59.9

can join the forum, you can take surveys, you can read how other people filled out surveys,

1:06.2

and you can support the show financially, which means a great deal to me.

1:12.8

Before we get to the interview with Kira, I just want to read two emails.

1:19.9

This first one is from Vicki and she writes, I just wanted to let you know that I tried

1:23.4

dialing 211 from my cell phone and it does work, I'm in Alaska, by the way.

1:28.5

So I don't need to get a landline, so I no longer have to have an excuse to not find

1:33.9

out what services are offered.

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