Secrets & Trust - Sam Dingman

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

The writer/performer (winner of The Moth GrandSlam) opens up about the family secret that harmed his ability to trust and the eventual airing of it that improved his relationship with them. He also shares about his struggles to feel validated, included, respected and seen. More info about Sam and his podcast Family Ghosts Family Ghosts Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/family-ghosts/id1217657323 Family Ghosts Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZRMeBKDrifipZBfO4Ma4A?si=G3IFjq_2SCOSibhy30swBw, Family Ghosts Stitcher link: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134368 @samdingman on Twitter @dingmania on Instagram @famghoshow on Twitter @famghoshow on Instagram 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 EarlyBirdCBD products. For 20% off your first order (and free shipping) go to www.EarlyBirdCBD.com/mental and use offer code MENTAL This episode is sponsored by Ettitude Bamboo sheets. For 20% off your sheet set (and free shipping) text MENTAL to 64000. Message and data rates may apply. 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 475 with my guest, Sam Dingman.
0:07.4	Paul Gilmarten is the metal illness happy hour, a place for honesty about all the battles
0:12.0	in our heads.
0:13.0	From medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive
0:19.0	negative thinking.
0:20.0	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:24.2	I'm not a therapist.
0:25.2	It's not a doctor's office.
0:26.8	It's more like a waiting room that does not blow.
0:31.6	You like how I substituted below for suck?
0:35.2	I just wanted to mix it up a little bit.
0:39.3	I want to kick things off with an awful some moment filled out by a gender fluid person
0:43.8	who refers to themselves as still surprisingly oblivious.
0:49.0	And I lived in Phoenix as a kid long before air conditioning was common.
0:53.6	One summer when I was four or five, my mother sent us kids to her parents for the summer
0:58.2	to try to work things out with my crazy abusive dad.
1:02.2	When we came back, I pulled my monopoly game out of the closet to play.
1:07.2	Monopoly pieces used to be made of metal and I was surprised to find that one had melted.
1:14.2	But Phoenix, summer, no AC, made sense.
1:19.3	I took it to my mother and explained what had happened to it.
1:22.5	I didn't realize till years later that it was the slug of a bullet my father had fired
1:28.2	through the wall while we were away.
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