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Mental Illness Happy Hour

The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast is a weekly conversation between host Paul Gilmartin and a guest about all the battles we have in our heads, from medically diagnosed conditions to everyday compulsive negative thinking. Paul and the guests reveal their shames, secrets, fears and loves. Guests range from artists to listeners, to the occasional doctor. The podcast was created to let those who sufferer know they're not alone and to educate and entertain those who don't.

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Latest Episodes

  • Episode 115: Ashly Burch

    Released 05.24.13

    The writer and actress (<em>Hey Ash, Whatcha' Playin?</em>) and VO artist (Tiny Tina of <em>Borderlands 2</em>) opens up about the recent accidental overdose death of her boyfriend and the struggle to put her life back together.

  • Episode 114: Listener Michael D. and Breaking the Cycle of Abuse

    Released 05.17.13

    Michael opens up about his teenage struggle to avoid dealing with his chaotic and abusive childhood by being extremely regimented, resulting in an eating disorder, punching himself, compulsive exercising and eventually having a nervous breakdown.

  • Episode 113: Lynn Chen

    Released 05.10.13

    The actress (<em>Saving Face</em>, <em>NCIS</em>,<em> Lakeview Terrace</em>) and blogger (The Actor's Diet) opens up about processing the complex emotions of losing her father, food issues, and forgiving her abusers.

  • Episode 112: Child Protective Services Social Worker "Ray"

    Released 05.03.13

    What is it like to be the government agent that has to physically investigate allegations of abuse or neglect and sometimes even remove children from a home?

  • Episode 111: Karen KIlgariff LIve in Portland

    Released 04.26.13

    The actress (<em>Mr. Show</em>) and writer (<em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show</em>) shares about struggling to fit in, body shame, her alcoholism, her mother's Alzheimers, learning to accept her body and become vulnerable and her experiences in therapy.

  • Episode 110: Greg Behrendt Returns

    Released 04.19.13

    The podcaster (Walking the Room), author (He's Just Not That Into You) and guitarist (The Reigning Monarchs) returns to discuss the mania, depression and paranoia that left him considering suicide in a Montreal hotel room.

  • Episode 110: Greg Behrendt Returns

    Released 04.19.13

    The podcaster (Walking the Room), author (He's Just Not That Into You) and guitarist (The Reigning Monarchs) returns to discuss the mania, depression and paranoia that left him considering suicide in a Montreal hotel room.

  • Episode 109: Listener Claire Laffar

    Released 04.12.13

    Claire shares about her bullied upbringing outside London with a neurotic mom and a mysterious, stoic dad prone to explosive fits of rage and how escaping into fantasy worlds, especially books, became her way of coping.

  • Episode 108: Greg Fitzsimmons

    Released 04.05.13

    The writer (<em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show</em>,<em> Lucky Louie</em>) comedian (Comedy Central, <em>The Howard Stern Show</em>) and podcaster (<em>Fitzdog Radio</em>) opens up about his tumultuous relationship with his late father, his temper, his body shame, ADHD and alcohol.

  • Episode 107: Sara Benincasa

    Released 03.29.13

    The writer (<em>Agorafabulous!</em>, XOJane.com, Vice.com) and performer (Comedy Central, MTV) talks about a popular friend's suicide in high school that informed much of her later life, her families history of depression and anxiety and her Agoraphobia.

  • Episode 106: Robert Patrick Lewis

    Released 03.22.13

    The former Green Beret talks about his childhood in Texas, the loss of his adoptive mother, his tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa, the injury that resulted in his getting a Purple Heart and living with PTSD.

  • Episode 105: Ali Handal

    Released 03.15.13

    The singer/songwriter guitarist talks to Paul about being a female guitarist in a male-dominated industry, her negative self-talk, fear of failure, workaholism, and why she stayed with a past boyfriend whose actions betrayed and disgusted her.

  • Episode 104: Siblings/Listeners John & Megan Brehman

    Released 03.08.13

    The siblings discuss growing up in an affluent but emotionally witholding household, and how their struggles with depression and her eating disorder ultimately brought them closer together.

  • Episode 103: Emily Gordon

    Released 03.01.13

    The podcaster (<em>Indoor Kids</em>) and former licensed therapist opens up about her battle with Adult Onset Still's Disease, her mentally-ill grandmother, rebelling as an adolescent, being a woman in the South, working with schizophrenic patients, and p...

  • Episode 102: Peter Morrison

    Released 02.22.13

    Paul's friend opens up about being adopted by a physically and sexually abusive paranoid schizophrenic mother, being a child actor and almost dying from AIDS.

  • Episode 101: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

    Released 02.15.13

    The writer (I'm Kind of a Big Deal) podcaster (For Cryin' Out Loud) and tv host (Parental Discretion on Nick Mom) opens up about her alcoholism, bulimia, post partum depression, childhood and marriage.

  • Episode 100: Brody Stevens

    Released 02.08.13

    The actor (<em>The Hangover, The Hangover 2</em>) and standup comedian (<em>Comedy Central Presents</em>, <em>Chelsea Lately</em>, <em>TMZ</em>) talks about his very public manic episode in 2011, the blurry line between his onstage persona and his real li...

  • Episode 099: Jess

    Released 02.01.13

    Paul's friend opens about her chaotic childhood, her abandonment issues, and the struggling to find words to categorize the sex she wanted and got at 12, from a 27 year-old man.

  • Episode 98: Ed Crasnick

    Released 01.25.13

    The actor (The Sopranos), standup and podcaster (The Self-Help Comedy Hour) talks with Paul about his lifelong battle with anxiety and low self-esteem and the importance of welcoming fear instead of fighting it.

  • Episode 097: Elizabeth Laime

    Released 01.19.13

    The podcaster (Totally Laime and Totally Married) and aspiring writer chats with Paul about her idyllic upbringing, tragedy, loss, Xmas, porn, grieving and the sexualizing of today's youth.

  • Episode 97: Dr. Ginger Peterson & Borderline Personality Disorder

    Released 01.18.13

    She and Paul discuss the often misunderstood Borderline Personality Disorder, including its characteristics and how to deal with it.

  • Episode 96: Escort/Prostitute Lillith

    Released 01.11.13

    "Lillith" (not her real name) opens up to Paul about why she chooses to moonlight as an escort/prostitute, even though her day job pays the bills.

  • Episode 95: Maria Bamford

    Released 01.04.13

    The groundbreaking comedian (Comedy Central Presents:, Comedians of Comedy, Sarah Silverman Program) and voiceover artist (Wordgirl, Adult Swim) talks about her lifelong battles with OCD, Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome, BiPolar II, and the recent hospitilizat...

  • Episode 94: John Wing

    Released 12.28.12

    The Canadian standup (<em>Tonight Show w/Jay Leno</em>, <em>Just For Laughs</em>) and author ("So Recently Ancient", and "Ventriloquism for Dummies: Life as a Comedian") opens up to Paul about his lifelong struggle to win his father's approval and the res...

  • Episode 93: Policeman Andy

    Released 12.21.12

    Paul talks with Andy, a listener and California policeman who opens up about the "collective PTSD" that police officers frequently accumulate over years of service.

  • Audio Blog #01: Growing Weed & Playing Zelda

    Released 12.17.12

    What I learned growing weed and playing The Legend of Zelda.&nbsp;

  • Episode 91: Laurie Kilmartin

    Released 12.14.12

    The NY Times Bestselling author of "Shitty Mom", tv writer (<em>Conan</em>), standup and sinlge Mom talks to Paul about the painful event that derailed her swimming aspirations and defined much of her late teens and twenties, before she eventually sought help.

  • Episode 90: James "Jamie" Franzo

    Released 12.07.12

    Paul's friend opens up about being kidnapped by a motorcycle gang at 13, his success as a South Beach nightclub owner, the effect it had on his ego, the "animal" he says he became and the cocaine and heroin addiction that brought him to his knees.

  • Episode 89: Anya Marina

    Released 11.30.12

    The Singer/Songwriter opens up about her lifetime battles with body image, weight and food, as well as the complicated and overwhelming experience of being a part of the Twilight franchise (she wrote and performed the song "Satellite Heart" on the <em>Twi</em>...

  • Episode 88: Fred Stoller

    Released 11.23.12

    Standup comedian, writer and actor Fred Stoller opens up about his childhood with a sensitive withdrawn father and a fear-filled overbearing mother who he describes as a "Rainman Savant of bad news stories".

  • Episode 87: Listener Katie Yeargain Palacio

    Released 11.16.12

    Listener Katie Yeargain Palacio was literally a red-headed stepchild. &nbsp;Though her blended family was large (7 kids), her stepfather was not Mr.

  • Episode 86: Ted Lyde

    Released 11.09.12

    Some find actor/comedian/filmmaker Ted Lyde's honesty about being a parent refreshing, some find it off-putting.

  • Episode 85: Coping & Trauma with Brenda Feehery

    Released 11.02.12

    How do each of us cope with trauma? &nbsp;Brenda's story is remarkable for many reasons. &nbsp;She is a former Div 1 softball player and mother of two who endured a day most people only experience in their nightmares.

  • Episode 85: Coping & Trauma with Brenda Feehery

    Released 11.02.12

    How do each of us cope with trauma? &nbsp;Brenda's story is remarkable for many reasons. &nbsp;She is a former Div 1 softball player and mother of two who endured a day most people only experience in their nightmares.

  • Episode 84: DC Pierson

    Released 10.26.12

    The author (<em>The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Never Had To)</em>, comedian (DERRICK Comedy) and actor ("Mystery Team") opens up about the loss of his mother when he was in junior high, overachieving, cynicism, and the terrifying prospect of intimacy.

  • Episode 83: Kathryn Hahn

    Released 10.19.12

    Most people know her from t.v. on <em>Crossing Jordan</em>, <em>Hung,</em> and <em>Girls</em> or in films such as <em>Anchorman</em>, <em>Step Brothers</em>, <em>How Do You Know</em> and <em>A Lot Like Love</em>.

  • Episode 82: Dave Holmes

    Released 10.12.12

    Most people know Dave from MTV's <em>Wanna Be a VJ</em> contest, where he was runner-up, &nbsp;from FX's <em>DVD on TV</em>, &nbsp;his video podcast <em>A Drink with Dave</em> or dozens of appearances on various programs, but few know his calm exterior of...

  • Episode 81: Cara Santa Maria

    Released 10.05.12

    The neuroscientist and senior science writer at Huffington Post talks with Paul about the roots of her depression, her parents divorce, her decision at 14 to leave the Mormon church and her father's inability to accept it, her love of science, how she cur...

  • Episode 80: Chris Gore

    Released 09.28.12

    The author/filmmaker/podcaster/t.v. personality invites Paul to his craft room where they discuss Chris' OCD, ADD, fear of disappointing people and the unshakeable feeling that he's not successful enough.

  • Episode 79: Lauren Weedman

    Released 09.21.12

    The actress (<em>Hung, True Blood, Date Night, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Reno 911</em>) and solo theatre artist (<em>Bust</em>) opens up about growing up in a family uncomfortable with emotion, her food and weight issues and the manipulative, alcoholic 23 yea...

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