Episode 187: Susanna Lee

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2014

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

The comedian/burlesque dancer talks about the power, pitfalls and rush of performing with and without her clothes on, including being a sex worker at a "jack shack" to make ends meet. She opens up about her low self-esteem, struggles with her dad and the desire for truth no matter how bleak it may be. She also shares about being attracted to unavailable men who hide their relationship with her from their friends and family. 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 187 with my guest Susanna Lee.
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0:22.2	A better web starts with your website.
0:25.4	I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.
0:28.4	I want to see about all the battles in our heads for medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas,
0:33.0	and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:36.8	The show is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:40.5	I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office.
0:43.3	It's more like a waiting room.
0:45.3	It's more like a vet.
0:47.8	Better pause here, I think my wife just got home.
0:51.4	There we go.
0:53.0	That in a nutshell is what it sounds like in our house about every two hours.
1:01.5	Somebody will crunch a leaf outside, a FedEx truck will pull up anything will happen.
1:11.4	And one bark's in the other bark's at the other one barking, and then the other one barks at the other one barking.
1:17.2	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
1:20.1	Go there, check it out, read a blog, take a survey, see how other people filled out surveys,
1:26.8	support the show, donate to it.
1:31.1	Go fuck yourself.
1:34.2	That was a large.
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