Physically Transitioning - Fallon Chavez

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Fallon talks about her life as a trans woman; her desire to be "passable", how she feels about her voice, her experiences pre-op and post-op, the fetishizing of trans women, having bottom surgery and the bathroom dilemma. More about Fallon: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ , (they deal with lgbtq youth - they have a suicide hotline). Her Instagram is @fallonchavezhair and her work website is tonichavez.com 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. 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 ————————————————————————— 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 474 with my guest, Fallen Chavez.
0:06.5	I'm Paul Gilmarten.
0:07.5	This is the medal illness.
0:08.5	Happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed
0:14.0	conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:20.1	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:24.1	I'm not a therapist.
0:25.6	It's not a doctor's office.
0:26.8	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:29.8	Or would you say it doesn't blow?
0:31.8	What's the difference between blow and suck?
0:34.9	I think we're going to have to get a grant to find out the difference between those two.
0:39.8	I want to read an email that I got from a listener, and she asks, why are some coping mechanisms
0:46.4	considered good, exercising, for example, and others bad, self-harming and alcohol?
0:51.4	I mean, I exercise daily, running, stretching, working out, and exercising hurts, hurts
0:56.9	is in capital letters.
0:58.7	But everyone says it's good to exercise.
1:01.1	I have several tattoos.
1:02.6	They hurt when I had them done, but tattoos are now considered okay.
1:06.2	I cut myself.
1:07.7	It hurts.
1:08.7	No more, no less than exercising, but that's considered bad.
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