My Distant Father

How Did We Get Here?

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this beautiful season opener, Claudia meets Jack, before introducing him to Professor Tanya Byron who, in a one on one session, digs deep into his story, with fascinating and emotional revelations. Jack who has overcome anxiety and PTSD, but has found his biggest challenge to date, is the estrangement from his father. If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice. To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered. Other helpful organisations: - MIND - www.mind.co.uk No Panic - www.nopanic.org.uk/contact-us Mens Health - www.menshealthforum.org.uk Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk Triumph Over Phobia (TOP UK) - www.topuk.org SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123 NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance PTSD UK - www.ptsduk.org/treatment-options/where-to-get-help/ You will find the transcript for episode 1 here: https://somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode1.txt How Did We Get Here? is a Somethin' Else Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am so over this situation, Peter. I'm unbumble to find something real. You know, like someone
0:07.5	you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think. I just want someone
0:12.5	who's ready for that long-term kind of love. Whether you're looking for your next boyfriend,
0:18.9	girlfriend, casual date or just someone who truly getscha, it's waiting for you unbumble.
0:25.6	I have a coin PTSD and anxiety and doing my sexuality and all of that has been hard,
0:44.7	but it's still not been as hard as this stuff. Hello and welcome to How Did We Get Here,
0:51.7	the podcast where me, Claudia Winclman and my wonderful friend, clinical psychologist,
0:56.1	Professor Tanya Byron, address challenges people are facing with their families. In each episode,
1:02.0	we record face-to-face sessions with me listening in from another room. From time to time,
1:07.6	I'll ask Tanya why she went down certain paths. This time we meet Jack. He's 22,
1:14.8	has just graduated and is now working at his university. At the age of six, Jack's parents split up,
1:20.8	and after that, he only saw his father twice a year. Since then, Jack has found meetings with
1:25.8	his father difficult. After taking a break from their relationship, Jack tried to reestablish
1:30.8	a connection last year and felt snobbed. But then I felt like I've been abandoned all over again,
1:36.0	and it just went, I went back to feeling like I was, you know, six years old, I guess.
1:40.5	Throughout his life, Jack has suffered with anxiety and PTSD. He was bullied at school and
1:45.5	lost his maternal grandmother, who was like a second parent to him in 2010. Whilst Jack learned to
1:51.8	overcome his anxiety, he wanted to know how he could accept the absence of a traditional father-son
1:57.4	relationship. I've actually got goosebumps now. This is weird. All the pieces are coming together on
2:04.4	the puzzle. It's like, wow, you're right, I know you also can feel it. What you are about to hear
2:10.4	with the key parts of a one-time, unscripted session with a real person, we follow up with our
2:16.2	guests after the recording, passing on useful links and contacts, which you will also be able to
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