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
Mini Episode #159 - Rumination with Guy Winch PhD (voted #9 ep of 2014)
Paul reads an email, two surveys then talks with author Guy Winch (PhD in clinical psychology) about practical tips to deal with rumination. Guy is the author of the book Emotional First Aid. This…
00:32:32 |
Tue 18 Mar 2014
Episode 158: Melissa Stetten
The writer/model/actress talks about being raised by dis-interested parents, her battles with depression and the feeling that if she doesn't have a man in her life she feels "worthless". Melissa is…
01:56:24 |
Fri 14 Mar 2014
Episode 157: Nandi La Sophia
At four years-old he told his mom he wanted to be a lady when he grows up. He shares about the violence inflicted by his complex father and classmates. He talks about managing his PTSD, insomnia, B…
02:15:32 |
Fri 07 Mar 2014
Episode 156: Sophie B
The listener discusses hearing voices, dealing with Borderline Personality disorder and/or Bipolar II as well as the abusive "relationship" she had with a 22 year-old when she was 12 and how she bega…
01:57:11 |
Fri 28 Feb 2014
Episode 155: Andrew Donnelly
The 46 year-old comedian talks about the frustration and shame of battling ADD and depression while trying to be a good husband and father. He and Paul talk about how to deal with anger when feeling…
02:00:09 |
Fri 21 Feb 2014
Episode 154: Dr. Jessica DuBron
The PhD (clinical psychology) shares about working with at-risk youth particularly in the LGBT population and in a Psychiatric Evaluation team, responding to mental health emergencies. She also talk…
01:53:54 |
Fri 14 Feb 2014
Episode 152: Lindsay
The list of major health issues she dealt with in childhood including brain and spine surgeries pale in comparison to the complicated relationship with her father; an alcoholic with no boundaries. P…
02:08:22 |
Fri 31 Jan 2014
Episode 151: Listener Confessions
Culled from a month of surveys filled out by listeners. Paul reads their shames, secrets, fears, hopes and beautiful moments. And of course some "awfulsome" moments as well.
See omnystudio.com/list…
01:29:32 |
Fri 24 Jan 2014
Episode 150: Ryan Sickler
The standup comedian (Comedy Central, Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson) and podcaster (The Crabfeast) shares about the hatred he endured from his mother and the love from his father and other relative…
02:07:41 |
Fri 17 Jan 2014
Episode 149: Cathy Ladman
The writer (Roseanne) and standup (Tonight Show, Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson) opens up about the controlling environment she was raised in, her professional anxieties especially about her age (58…
01:54:54 |
Fri 10 Jan 2014
Episode 148: Matthew Walden
Although the writer/listener grew up in Hawaii, his childhood was far from paradise; enduring a cornucopia of PTSD, leaving him wondering what is real and what isn't. He also shares his obsession wi…
02:06:39 |
Fri 03 Jan 2014
Episode 147: Listener Amelia & Postpartum Depression
Amelia discusses her "nuclear" PMS (called PMDD), her first pregnancy and the pressures she felt for everything to be perfect and the crushing Postpartum Depression that followed. She also talks abo…
01:51:57 |
Fri 27 Dec 2013
Episode 146: Chemda
The podcaster (Keith and the Girl) was raised in NY but born in Israel to a mother of Iraqi heritage and an Iranian father, both of whom had traditional expectations for their daughter, none of which…
02:13:40 |
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Episode 145: Dr. David Lisak
Born in Montreal to a WWII widow, the clinical and forensic psychologist talks about the sexual abuse he experienced as a boy, the stigma and confusion adult male survivors grapple with and ultimatel…
02:06:50 |
Fri 13 Dec 2013
Episode 144: Listener Seth
Raised by parents who talked about God a lot, the 29 year-old opens up about the hypocrisy he saw in a mom who couldn't parent him and a trucker dad who was either disappearing for months or dealing …
01:52:06 |
Fri 06 Dec 2013
Episode 142: Scott Thompson Live in Toronto
The comedian/actor/writer (Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders, Hannibal) opens up about his childhood in Brampton Ontario, coming to terms with his sexuality and the bullying that eroded his self-esteem…
01:35:00 |
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Episode 141: Susanna Brisk
Borderline Personality Disorder is often misunderstood. The blogger, author, performer and mom explains what it's like to live with, how to manage it and when it's most challenging. She also shares…
01:43:01 |
Fri 15 Nov 2013
Episode 140: Paraphilia & Self-Abuse - Listener "D"
The 28 year-old listener opens up about his familiy's history of avoiding emotions, his cries for help, struggling to live on $8/hour, his cutting and self-abuse and his shame over his paraphilia (ad…
01:46:04 |
Fri 08 Nov 2013
Episode 139: Adoption w/listener Julie J
Born to a drug-addict teenage mom, Julie was given up for adoption and raised by a stoic military dad and Fundamentalist mom whose obession with demons comes close to resembling the mother from "Carr…
02:16:18 |
Fri 01 Nov 2013
Episode 138: Johnny O
Paul's friend shares about being committed to a psych hospital at 17 over a breakup, discovering drugs (crack) and how to hustle money to feed his habit. Hitting bottom in the desert and the dog tha…
01:48:04 |
Fri 25 Oct 2013
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