Mental Illness Happy Hour

Episode 74: Brenda Colonna

08.17.12

The standup comedian and Long Island native opens up about her struggle to live with various mental illnesses, especially PTSD caused by childhood and adolescent sexual abuse.  She and Paul discuss having compassion for oneself and how to learn to trust after being abused as a child.  They also discuss social anorexia as a byproduct of depression.