Success-Obsessed Parents & The Scapegoat Child

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2017

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

30 year-old Mary M. left America for Europe to escape not only an American culture that was wearing on her but a family where she was tired of being the scapegoat to her golden-child brother. An all-too-common scenario where her parents can only seem to support her financially but not emotionally. She discusses the prejudice she experiences as a queer woman of color, what she has learned by having a fiancee who is a trans man and the subtle politics of skin color within the black community. Other topics: when well meaning but narcissistic parents focus too much on molding their child out of fear rather than listening to what their child wants and the excessive political correctness that she believes is making true communication more difficult between people who need to hear each other, NVLD and OCD. This ep is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To experience a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental This ep is sponsored by HelloFresh meal kit delivery service. For $30 off your first week of meals go to www.HelloFresh.com and use offer code MENTAL30 This ep is sponsored by ZipRecruiter. To post jobs for free go to www.ZipRecruiter.com/mental To become a monthly donor (and qualify for bonus content and goodies from Paul go to www.Patreon.com/mentalpod To make a one-time donations via Paypal go to www.mentalpod.com/donate Help the podcast by shopping with our podcast's Amazon link (it doesn't make your product any more expensive - even bookmark it!) 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 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	Miss Fit toys.
0:02.6	Welcome to episode 356 with my guest Mary M. We're going to talk about a lot of different
0:08.1	stuff.
0:09.1	We're going to talk about cutting contact with parents.
0:10.4	We're going to talk about intracuracial politics.
0:14.8	The racism that exists within specific minority groups towards each other.
0:22.4	That's too many things to even begin talking about.
0:26.4	So let's just get to what the hell this show is and who the fuck I am.
0:31.7	This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.
0:34.2	My name, at least as of this week, you know, I'm always on the lamb.
0:40.9	My name is Paul Gilmarton and yeah, the show is called The Metal Illness Happy Hour.
0:45.5	This is very casual today.
0:46.6	This is casual Friday.
0:48.1	I'm actually in Sandals and Frenzy Shorts and a kind of easy rider, Dennis Hopper, cowboy
0:54.8	hat.
0:55.8	And somehow just in a week, I've grown a huge pork chop sideburns and I'm calling a
1:02.8	woman my old lady.
1:04.6	Wow.
1:06.3	I think I had too much green tea.
1:08.9	The name of the show is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.
1:12.2	It's a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions,
1:18.4	past trauma, sexual dysfunction, to just everyday simple negative thinking.
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