Before rushing into a confrontation, however well-intentioned, check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Nov 17
Is Your Mental Health Diagnosis an Identity or Something More Meaningless?
<p>You may find the charges in this episode jarring: depression is not the result of a chemical imbalance, SSRIs aren’t necessarily antidepressants, and the term you use for your mental health condition isn’t scientifically valid. Sarah Fay, author of Pathological: The True Story ... Show More
59m 40s
Nov 10
The Personal Side of Huge Cuts to Addiction, Suicide Prevention, and Mental Health Programs
<p>Over half the employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) who were there in January are now gone, include 12 of the 17 senior leaders. SAMHSA is in charge of distributing and administering mental health programs around the country and th ... Show More
37m 33s
Nov 3
Seasonal Affective Disorder and Why It Sucks So Bad
<p>When we went looking for information on the condition known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, one of the first things we noticed was that some people aren’t even calling it that anymore. The website for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), for instance, uses t ... Show More
41m 9s
Nov 2023
Hear Me Out: Psychiatry Alone Can’t Heal You Completely
On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… great, but not enough.
Mental health is on a lot of minds as we enter the holiday season — a time when we know many people struggle.
So this week, we talk candidly about what it means to treat mental illness… and what it should mean, if we wan ... Show More
41m 24s
Aug 2024
224. 5 ways to support someone with their mental health
Loving someone who struggles with their mental health can be devastating. You want to do all you can to help, but no one has ever taught you how or what exactly you should say, how you can help, the right questions to ask. In today's episode we break down the biggest pieces of ad ... Show More
37m 23s
Sep 2024
"How do I know what's really me versus what's my mental illness?"
This week licensed therapist Kati Morton talks about distinguishing between our core personality and trauma response, how to figure out what our identity is without our mental illness, and dealing with SA online. She then explains how we can know if we are being lazy, how to ask ... Show More
43m 41s
Apr 2023
What Parents Need to Know: Addressing the Rising Trend of Teen Mental Health Issues - a Put It into Practice Episode
<p dir="ltr">In this Put It into Practice episode, I'm giving an overview of Jonathan Haidt's article "The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere", <strong><a href= "https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/international-mental-illness-part-one" target ... Show More
15m 54s