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Mental Illness Happy Hour

Janet Varney Returns - Depersonalization Syndrome

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 β€’ 6.1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 3 May 2019

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Paul's former Dinner and a Movie cohost and very first guest on the podcast returns to share about fears, loves, panic attacks, people pleasing, hurt feelings and her battles with personalization displacement syndrome. More About Our Guest Find her on Twitter @JanetVarney Find her on Instagram @TheJVClub Check out her website www.JanetVarney.com And Check out her awesome podcast The JV Club Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by VariDesk. To learn more go to www.VariDesk.com/workelevated This episode is sponsored by HoneyBook. For 50% off your first year go to www.HoneyBook.com and use promo code MENTAL This episode is sponsored by Aura Frames. For $50 off go to www.AuraFrames.com and use offer code MENTALILLNESS Other Links Mentioned The book Why Does He Do That by Lundy Bancroft WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- 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 433 with my returned guest, Janet Varney.

0:07.0

I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Mental Illness Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all

0:11.2

the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction

0:17.2

to everyday compulsive negative thinking.

0:19.6

This show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.

0:23.2

I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that doesn't

0:27.7

suck.

0:28.7

The website for this show is mentalpod.com.

0:32.5

Mentalpod is also the social media handle.

0:35.6

You can follow us at on Twitter and Instagram.

0:39.8

We also have a Facebook page, Facebook.com slash mentalpod.

0:44.4

And I always forget to mention the, if you go to our website, there's a forum as well.

0:49.3

And there's some really great threads about a variety of, a huge variety of topics.

0:56.5

And sometimes that can be a good way to connect to people if you're feeling isolated or

1:01.0

feeling like you're the only one that's dealing with something.

1:05.8

I'm going to read some surveys before we get to the interview with Janet Varney.

1:12.4

This is a struggle in the sentence survey filled out by a woman who calls herself lavender

1:17.5

and describing her depression.

1:19.4

She writes, it feels like drowning out in the ocean.

1:24.5

What are anxiety like a cage, both crushing and trapping me about PTSD like lightning, sudden

1:31.2

and hot and painful and about being a sex crime victim, ill, like ink stains spreading

1:37.6

on my soul.

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