Podcast Episodes

09/14/2018 In Podcast Episodes By Paul Gilmartin

Paul in Ireland V – Ex IRA Prisoner Jake MacSiacais –

The former IRA fighter/volunteer shares his people’s history, his years of imprisonment & torture by Protestants and the British govt, the responsibility he feels for civilian lives that were taken by his organization, watching fellow prisoner Bobby Sands die by hunger strike, finding ways to survive mentally and how the emotions surfaced unexpectedly years later.

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08/31/2018 In Podcast Episodes By Paul Gilmartin

Paul in Ireland III – Caitlin –

The 29 year-old Dubliner opens up about her struggles with psychosis, cutting/self-harm, alcohol, anger, learning disability (seeing letters mirrored) & spatial/motor control; also her suicide attempt and it finally expressing her pain despite feeling numb.

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08/17/2018 In Podcast Episodes By Paul Gilmartin

Paul in Ireland – – BiPolar & BPD in Dublin

21 year-old M emigrated to Dublin from China at 8. With a history of abuse and neglect, she learned to stuff her sadness or unleash it thru anger. She battles Bipolar I, BPD, Complex PTSD & co-dependence but is developing tools & support. She talks about growing up with conditional love and physical violence where emotions like sadness weren’t allowed. Her girlfriend A sits in and talks about supporting her and how they formed a bond in their all-girl secondary school over sharing mental illness struggles. M also shares about the dramatic episodes of mania that landed her in trouble with the law and in hospital.

 

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08/10/2018 In Podcast Episodes By Paul Gilmartin

ECT aka “Shock Therapy” – Beth May

At 27 Beth has had 68 ECT treatments aka “Shock Therapy” and while she attests to it’s effectiveness in helping her with her bipolar episodes it has also taken a toll on her memory; including not recognizing her boyfriend of several years.

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08/03/2018 In Podcast Episodes By Paul Gilmartin

Fetish Shame, Meds & Martial Arts – Dylan Brody

The writer/storyteller discusses the lifelong struggle to make peace with his amputation fetish, his ups and downs with taking meds, inheriting his dad’s pomposity, suicidal ideation and the benefits of martial arts in dealing with depression and anxiety.

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07/27/2018 In Podcast Episodes By Paul Gilmartin

How to Deal with Addicts – Dr Cali Estes

Cali’s specialty is speaking the truth to high-profile or wealthy people trying to get sober, especially when they’re being enabled by family, hangers-on or the people they make money for. Topics are : codependency, low self-esteem & boundaries

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