Hi, Meet My Mental Illness!

Lovers and Friends with Shan Boodram

LOVERS by shan

Sexuality, Society & Culture, Relationships, Health & Fitness

5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

So let’s talk about dating with mental illness. In this episode, Shan sits down with Eileen Kelly from the "Going Mental" podcast about her recent experience with being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, and how it impacted her dating/romantic life. Shan continues the conversation with author and therapist, Nedra Glover Tawwab, who has advice for how to talk about mental illness when you're in a relationship and how you can be a supportive partner.

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0:00.0	I am 24 years old. I am 21. I'm 29 years old. I'm 24 years old. I'm 36 years old. I am currently single. I am a divorced single mom to the little boys.
0:13.2	I've been in a relationship going on two years. I'm currently not in a relationship. I'm single. I am in a relationship. I am married. I'm in an
0:22.0	interracial marriage. I have ADHD. And I deal with anxiety and depression. I am bipolar with borderline
0:31.3	personality disorder. The body does more if you have been battling since a young girl being a sexual
0:36.5	assault survivor. I have borderline personality disorder and I have major depressive disorder. I have
0:42.4	bipolar two disorder PTSD. I have postpartum anxiety. I have diagnosed OCD and panic disorder. And I
0:51.1	am diagnosed with ADHD and dyslemia. Hey there lovers and friends. Yes. Welcome to lovers and friends
0:57.2	a podcast hosted by myself. Shamboodram. I'm an intimacy expert with a passion for driving important
1:02.8	conversations around intimacy. And this episode definitely takes both of those boxes. So let's talk
1:09.2	about dating with mental illness. And by lets I mean you my community. I lean Kelly my special guest
1:15.0	and therapist. Nedra Glover to Wob. All together we're going to be exploring what it looks like to
1:20.4	manage a mental illness and a romantic life at the same time. And by all together I do mean all
1:27.0	of us because as Nedra said what percentage of the population has issues with mental health that
1:33.6	can get in the way of their day to day functioning. 100% 100%
1:39.7	Love is in friends. I'm going to take you on a trip baby. I don't pretend I say. Love is in friends.
1:47.7	I'm going to hold you down down to the end. I say. According to the Mayo Clinic mental illness
1:52.4	also called mental health disorders refers to a wide range of mental health conditions.
1:57.9	Disorders that affect your mood thinking and behavior. Now I'm out of therapist and I have no
2:03.3	business diagnosing anybody but on a personal note I will say that knowing what we all know now
2:09.5	saying that you have never struggled with mental health is just as wild as saying you've never had
2:15.2	any health issues. Once we can acknowledge that this isn't us and our people not some people
2:21.2	conversation we can then move forward towards having more compassion more care and more interest
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