My Brain Hates Me - Jessie Dean Altman

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

The writer (Lady Parts, The Onion) and dog walker shares about the lifelong battle she has had with her brain and emotions including: Intrusive thoughts, OCD, treatment-resistant depression, procrastination, self-judgment, and anger. She shares how REBT was a game changer for helping her cope. Follow Jessie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/NicCageMatch This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. To get your first week of online counseling free go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18 To become a monthly donor for as little as $1/month (and qualify for bonus content and goodies from Paul go to www.Patreon.com/mentalpod To make a one-time donation via Paypal go to www.mentalpod.com/donate To help fund Paul's next trip to record international guests, especially in Ireland, go to https://www.gofundme.com/pauls-trip-to-ireland Follow Paul on Twitter @mentalpod and Instagram @mentalpod 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 374 with my guest, Jesse Dean Altman, Paul Gilmarton.
0:07.9	This is the Metal Omnis.
0:09.3	Happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads.
0:13.0	From medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday
0:17.6	compulsive negative thinking.
0:19.8	The show's not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:24.0	It should be pretty obvious.
0:25.5	But yeah, I'm not a therapist.
0:28.3	It's not a doctor's office.
0:29.3	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:32.7	Our website is mentholpod.com.
0:34.9	Mentalpod is also the Twitter handle and Instagram handle.
0:38.4	You can follow me at a...
0:42.6	I don't know how to explain this.
0:46.6	A guest that I recorded three weeks ago, she said on my couch, in my home.
0:55.4	And she talked about working with Vets with PTSD.
1:01.0	And Friday, a few hours after I put out the last podcast, this was in the National News.
1:10.6	She was taken hostage and with two other therapists.
1:15.2	And the gunman killed her and other two therapists and took his life.
1:24.5	I try to avoid talking about things that are in the news because I want each episode
1:29.9	to be as kind of evergreen as it can be.
1:37.7	But it...
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