Mental Illness Happy Hour
"Remarkable" - Psychology Today
"A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire
"A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times
"Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine
"Praised by listeners all over the world" - Atlantic Monthly
Named To Top Health Podcast List by: NY Times, Esquire, Slate, Oprah Magazine, Women's Health, Onion A.V. Club, Apple Podcast Staff
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 108 minutes
- Episodes
- 662
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
#325 I Am The Worst Person Ever: Mike Levine
For most of his life Mike has been wracked with shame and self-hatred, convinced he was the worst person ever and fantasizing about suicide when he was hospitalized at 15. He and Paul talk about wher…
02:22:55 |
Thu 06 Apr 2017
#324 Literally Pulling Her Hair Out From PPD - Jennifer Tracy
It wasn't until she began to literally pull chunks of her hair out she knew she might be battling something out of her control; postpartum depression. She talks about her battles with cyclical depres…
02:26:49 |
Fri 31 Mar 2017
#323 Family Secrets & Hiding Depression - Patricia McKee
How does a family deal with its secrets? The PhD opens up about the inter-generational rage brewing beneath the surface of her extended family and the difficulty in trying to cope when favorites are …
02:20:08 |
Fri 24 Mar 2017
#322 Being Trans in a Red State: Olivia Haidar
The 29 year-old trans woman dispels myths about what it means to be trans, including those she used to believe. She shares about hormone therapy, gender reassignment surgery, the prejudice and stigma…
02:35:43 |
Thu 16 Mar 2017
#321 Herpes from Date-Rape: Laura J
Laura J. shares about contracting herpes by being date-raped and how she has navigated managing it logistically, sexually and emotionally with partners, including her husband. She was raised in an em…
03:00:42 |
Thu 09 Mar 2017
#320 Fantasy & Love Addiction - Maia Akiva
Paul's fellow support group friend shares about the huge role fantasy has played in her struggle to accept life; especially her love addiction. She talks about being unable to watch lesbian films in …
02:33:10 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
#319 - I Worry I'm Unlovable - Pauly David
The co-host of YouTube's Pauly & Monks show shares about feeling unlovable, not being a good enough partner, trying to always "fix" other people, having to be an adult in his family at nine, learning…
02:47:30 |
Wed 22 Feb 2017
#318 I Can't Stop Worrying! - Giulia Rozzi
The Moth Grand Slam winner, standup and podcaster (Hopefully We Don't Break Up) shares about being raised by Italian immigrant parents who worried a lot and her "high school brain" that still worries…
02:26:35 |
Fri 17 Feb 2017
#317 - Misophonia: Rage at Certain Sounds
35 year-old barista (and listener) Charlynn Schmiedt shares about having misophonia which is a "fight or flight" physical response to certain everyday sounds, such as gum chewing, throat clearing etc…
02:39:44 |
Fri 10 Feb 2017
#316: Kevin Allison on Owning Your Weirdness & Flaws
The podcaster (RISK!) and sketch actor (The State) talks about learning to "own his weirdness". From being a gay kid in a conservative town to being the black sheep in The State he has battled the p…
02:32:57 |
Fri 03 Feb 2017
#315 Jenny R - Raised in Wealth, Sadness & Anxiety
The anxious only child of a drunk/rager mom and a passive dad shares about her family's combination of material wealth and emotional ignorance/poverty. She talks about her fear of "just being" instea…
02:46:25 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
#314 - Working With Sexually Violent Predators: Renee G-M
The 40 year-old public administrator talks about "losing her humanity" being assigned to work on a criminal defense unit on behalf of sexually violent predators and the anxiety, panic and breakdowns …
02:22:17 |
Fri 20 Jan 2017
#313 Neal Brennan
The writer and director of Inside Amy Schumer, co-creator of Chapelle's Show and standup comic (3 Mics coming soon on Netflix) talks about being one of ten kids raised by a violent alcoholic father a…
02:33:17 |
Fri 13 Jan 2017
#312 Why Am I A Mess? My Parents Loved Me - Amanda Bloom
The 30 year-old freelance journalist and Pilates teacher doesn't have anything dramatic to point to in her life, yet she has struggled to find her voice in life with bad relationships, eating disorde…
01:56:56 |
Fri 06 Jan 2017
#311 Punk Rock, EMDR & Trauma w/Dr Stephen Dansiger
At 16 he was playing drums at CBGB and Max's Kansas City as the punk scene exploded. After destroying his career (Pianosaurus, King Missile) he got sober. The PsyD & MFT explains his extensive work w…
02:09:46 |
Fri 30 Dec 2016
#310 Glamorously Dying: Nikki DuBose
The 31 year-old ex-model (Vogue, Vanity Fair) discusses surviving incest by her mother (who was also an alcoholic with BiPolar and DID aka Multiple Personality Disorder) and a lifetime of battling ea…
03:03:55 |
Fri 23 Dec 2016
#309 Mini Ep - Producers of HBO's Every Brilliant Thing
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have produced and/or directed some of Paul's favorite documentaries, including Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures, 101 Rent Boys and Monica in Black & White. They sit …
00:40:24 |
Thu 22 Dec 2016
#308 A Letter To My 16 Year-Old Suicidal Self - Katie Hirshberg
The 19 year-old college sophomore opens with a letter she wrote to her 16 year-old self who was so tired of the years of depression, anxiety self-hate, bullying, co-dependence, perfectionism, Crohn's…
01:52:15 |
Fri 16 Dec 2016
#307 Basketball Player Royce White live at ITTFest
The 25 year-old professional basketball player opens up to a live audience about mental health issues not only in his life (OCD, panic attacks and anxiety) but societally, especially in the NBA where…
02:31:06 |
Fri 09 Dec 2016
#306 Sexual Fluidity, Energy Healing, & Hypnosis - April Adams
Author/life-coach April Adams clarifies what an "energy healer" actually does despite it sounding like new-age b.s. She talks about techniques she has used to deal with her childhood trauma and heal…
02:29:51 |
Fri 02 Dec 2016
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