The second installment of a six part series with Clinical PhD Guy Winch. This one explores how to deal with rejection. Guy Winch is the author of the book Emotional First Aid
Listener Joy opens up to Paul about raising a child with mental illness, especially her teenage daughter’s Reactive Attachment Disorder, depression, the social stigma, the healthcare system and how to deal with it.
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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 is the first of six mini-episodes with Guy on dealing with various emotional stressors.
The writer/model/actress talks about being raised by disinterested parents, her battles with depression and the feeling that if she doesn’t have a man in her life she feels “worthless”. Melissa is currently a writer for www.XOJane.com She is a former writer for VICE and has her own blog at www.melissawashere.com
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At four years-old Nandi told her mom she just wanted to be a lady when she grew up. She shares about the violence inflicted by her complex father and classmates. She talks about managing her PTSD, insomnia, Bipolar II, night terrors and being a rape survivor.
Since the recording of this episode Nandi has transitioned and this is her current photo.
The 27 year-old listener discusses hearing voices, dealing with Borderline Personality disorder and/or Bipolar II, hypomania as well as the abusive “relationship” she had with a 22 year-old when she was 12 and how she began self-harming then. The surveys are pretty dark.
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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 overwhelmed and the bright side of living with mental illness. This episode is sponsored by DailyBurn. To get a free 30 day trial membership go to www.dailyburn.com/happyhour
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 talks about the addictive rush of working in crisis. Sponsors of this episode are DailyBurn and SquareSpace. For a free 30 day trial membership to DailyBurn go to DailyBurn.com/happyhour and for free trial and 10% off for SquareSpace go to Squarespace.com and use offer code “doctor”.