Mental Illness Happy Hour

Originally recorded in 2012 and voted a listener favorite, Kerri (@KerriKenneySilver @KerriKenney) is a comedian/actor/musician. She opens up about her childhood, the impact of her parents’ divorce, h...

23 Dec 20221h 5min

Originally recorded and aired in 2011 Nadereh’s story is sadly all too timely today. Nadereh (@NaderehShe) is a former Marxist revolutionary who fled her native Iran (while 6 months pregnant) after th...

16 Dec 20222h 13min

Paul's support group friend is a 44-year-old single mom whose meds stopped working and before finding another one that worked, spiraled into a depressive episode that had her fearing for her life whil...

9 Dec 20221h 6min

Paul reads listener's surveys describing their demons, dreams, failures, accomplishments, resentments and loves.Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get ...

2 Dec 20221h 5min

Comedian Neal Brennan (@NealBrennan) shares about his experiences with 5-MeO-DMT, ayahuasca, meds, TMS, and various modes of talk therapy. He also discusses the psychology of the comedy brain and how ...

25 Nov 202252min

Chris Chou is one of Paul’s closest friends and a member of his support group. Chris shares what it was like moving to the U.S. as a child and how toxic parenting left him struggling with his sense of...

18 Nov 20221h 25min

Thomas Hayes is a modern furniture designer and a friend of Paul’s. He opens up about the emotional incest, violence, and sexual abuse he experienced in his childhood and how he works through the ange...

11 Nov 20221h 32min

Jessica Ekhoff is an attorney who, after giving birth to her first child, was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar. She talks about her psychosis which led to a stay at an inpatient facility and how she’...

4 Nov 20221h 44min