Surviving 100+ Electroconvulsive Treatments

This episode is not light. It’s not soft. And it’s not going to let you sit comfortably behind your assumptions about mental health treatment. Lisa survived more than 100 ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) treatments, a practice still used — and often unregulated — in the U.S. and around the world. She shares how depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, panic attacks, and anorexia led her into a medical system that promised help but delivered brain damage, memory loss, and the erasure of her identity.

This episode covers:

• Losing 20 years of long-term memories
• Forgetting the years her son grew up
• Getting lost while running because her brain couldn’t process directions
• Having to train a service dog to guide her back home
• The stigma, judgment, and discrimination she still faces
• Running a marathon with a brain injury
• Writing a book as a form of advocacy
• And becoming a fierce voice for the people who cannot speak for themselves

If you’ve ever doubted your own strength, this story will rewire something in you.

🎙️ What We Talk About

• The dark truth behind shock therapy and why its machines are not regulated
• What it feels like to lose your memory while your life keeps happening
• Navigating deep depression, bipolar disorder, anorexia, panic attacks, and stigma
• The moment she realized ECT caused permanent cognitive injury
• How her service dog became her lifeline
• Feeling unseen, unheard, and misunderstood in medical systems
• How movement, running, and community helped her fight back
• Why running a marathon became her act of rebellion
• What reinvention looks like when your brain has been altered against your will
• Advocating for others still being forced into ECT

🔑 Key Takeaways“I lost my memories, but I did not lose my will.”“Not all disabilities are visible — and not all treatments are safe.”“Running was my way back to myself. Writing was my way back to the world.”“Shock therapy took my memory. My resilience rebuilt my life.”
🙌 Why This Episode Matters

There are thousands of people living with the invisible aftermath of ECT — memory loss, trauma, cognitive damage, shame, and stigma. Most suffer in silence. Most never get to tell their story. Lisa refuses to stay quiet. This episode is not just awareness — it’s a call for compassion, for advocacy, and for a medical system that stops harming the people it claims to save.

💬 Connect with Lisa

📖 Book: Shocked — authorlisac.com

Facebook: authorlisac.com

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