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Mental Illness Happy Hour

Unspeakable Trauma to Meth Psychosis - Todd G

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

Paul's friend shares about the co-dependent relationship with his longtime lover that ended in tragedy & Todd's PTSD, porn & meth binges tailspinning into a showdown on his roof vs a SWAT team, before finally having a moment of clarity and getting his life together piece by piece. Episodes older than one year can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month. Get one month free by using offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod. Subscriptions include episodes going all the way back to ep #1 in 2011, plus back catalogs of tons of other great podcasts, standup albums, original content and more. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. 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 384 with my guest Todd G. Paul Gilmarten.

0:07.8

This is the Metal Owners Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our

0:11.4

heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday

0:17.7

compulsive negative thinking.

0:19.3

This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.

0:23.0

I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that

0:27.4

doesn't suck.

0:28.6

The website for this show is mentalpod.com.

0:36.1

I'm sorry, I have slept about a half hour in the last 24 hours.

0:42.4

I was doing a metal health event up in Sacramento, California, and flew back today.

0:51.8

Last night I didn't sleep at all before the event.

0:56.8

My brain isn't functioning.

1:00.4

My brain isn't functioning as shitty as it normally does.

1:06.0

The website is mentalpod.com.

1:10.1

Mentalpod is also the Twitter handle that you can follow me at.

1:19.4

There's something I always forget to ask you guys to do that can really help the show

1:23.4

is instead of just downloading an episode here or there.

1:28.0

If you could subscribe and always download episodes, that's good because that helps our

1:36.6

numbers and maybe you will listen to an episode that you might not have picked otherwise.

1:44.4

That's a way that doesn't cost you anything other than maybe a little room on your phone.

1:50.9

As I've mentioned, I'm going to Europe in July to record non-Americans and I'm so excited

1:57.7

about the trip to Ireland and some of the people I'm going to be recording in Dublin and

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