Anxiety & Depression

Paul Gilmartin is a stand-up comedian, podcast host, and television personality best known as the long time host of TBS’ Dinner and a Movie.  Since 2011, Paul has been the host and executive producer of the podcast, Mental Illness Happy Hour.

In this episode, Eric and Paul discuss his strategies and practical approaches to deal with fear and depression.

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Paul Gilmartin and I Discuss What How to Work Through Fear and Depression and …

• His podcast, Mental Illness Happy Hour
• How we all have something that we worship that orients our actions
• Learning to be truly and deeply vulnerable
• How there is no instant gratification in spirituality
• Living a fear based life and addictive behaviors
• Reconnecting with the body’s instincts
• Getting curious about the thoughts that come up during meditation
• The difference between self reflection and self obsession
• Strategies for moving away from self obsessing
• Finding himself stuck in the paralysis of perfection
• The importance of taking a break from the world when you need it
• The opposing forces of fear and hope
• Moving through his fears and depression
• How acting according to his values keeps him connected to his higher power
• His spiritual growth includes facing his everyday fears
• Learning to see past our mental barriers and realize what we’re capable of

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Alex Riley is an award-winning science writer. In 2019 he received a Best Feature award from the Association of British Science Writers for his reporting on the Friendship Bench, a project that began in Zimbabwe in 2006. Alex’s articles have been published by New Scientist, Mosaic, Nautilus Magazine, the BBC, and others.

In this episode, Alex and Eric talk about his new book, A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It.

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Alex Riley and I Discuss Emerging Perspectives on Depression and…

• A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It
• Eric’s telltale sign he’s in a depressive episode
• The cause of Alex’s most recent depressive episode
• Eric and Alex’s experiences taking SSRIs for depression
• How he makes the decision to come on and off antidepressants
• His experience of psilocybin treatment for depression
• The role of nutrition in supporting his mental health and wellness
• A working definition of depression
• The connection between depression and “thinking too much”
• The “P” factor – an idea that all mental illnesses are fundamentally connected at their root
• The winners curse
• Eric’s experience with LSD earlier in life

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Therese Borchard is the author of Beyond Blue and The Pocket Therapist.  She blogs for Everyday Health and is an Associate Editor and a regular contributor to Psych Central.  She writes about her own struggles with depression.

In this episode, Eric and Therese discuss her book, Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes

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In This Interview, Therese Borchard and I Discuss Strategies for Depression and …

• Her book, Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes
• Her struggle with treatment-resistant depression
• How she combined a holistic and traditional approach to treating her depression
• Avoiding important conversations when hungry, angry, lonely, and tired (HALT)
• The importance of connecting with others who share the same challenges
• Why there are not more depression support groups
• The difference between mental health and 12 step culture
• Learning to live with the messiness of life and accepting things as they are

Therese Borchard Links:

Therese’s Website

Project Hope and Beyond

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Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Mississippi. He is Past President of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science and has won the University of Mississipi’s prestigious Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award.  Dr. Wilson is one of the co-developers of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and has written several books, including Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong:  A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety.

In this episode, Kelly Wilson and Eric discuss his approach to helping others to become liberated from their anxiety.

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In This Interview, Kelly Wilson and I Discuss Being Liberated from Anxiety and…

• His book, Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong:  A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety.
• Anxiety is not as a disease or that we’re broken
• His past view of vulnerability as being the enemy
• His theory that 1 out of 2 people has experienced some form of suffering or hardship in their life
• How labels can obscure a person
• Before talking about acceptance, one must understand what really matters
• Moving in the direction towards what you love rather than just trying to eliminate symptoms.
• Suffering may be due to how our burden is being carried
• Facing our difficulties is needed to understand what courage and sacrifice look like
• Values and vulnerability are the starting place in therapy
• Identifying what would make the hardest thing worthwhile
• When we don’t know our values, identify where it hurts
• If the burden could be lifted, what would you allow?
• Reclaiming what we value by taking redemptive action
• The next right thing is acknowledging where you’ve been wrong
• Committed action is the next action that brings you back to who you want to be
• It’s all about moving in the right direction, not the distance

Kelly Wilson Links:

onelifellc.com

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Sarah Wilson is a New York Times Bestselling author, journalist and founder of iquitsugar.com. She has published 15 I Quit Sugar books in 46 countries and in 2017 and 2018, she was ranked as one of the Top 200 Most Influential Authors In The World. At 29, Sarah was the Editor and Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine Australia and she has also been the host of Master Chef Australia. Her newest book is, First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety and it is this that she and Eric discuss in this episode. 

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In This Interview, Sarah Wilson and I Discuss Anxiety and…

• Her book, First, We Make The Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety
• Where the mind goes, energy flows
• The idea of disconnection and reconnection in mental health
• How to know when the line into disordered anxiety has been crossed
• Understanding the role of medicine for anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses as well as the role of struggle in our inner life.
• The importance and role of therapy while also taking medication for mental disorders
• The dynamic, changing nature of actively supporting mental wellness
• Stopping the cycle of getting anxious about being anxious
• Sitting in your suffering and ride it out rather than trying to beat or escape it
• The slow approach for dealing with Anxiety
• How walking can help Anxiety
• Ways handwriting can help Anxiety
• Ways space can help Anxiety
• Spiritual idea of contraction vs expansion
• Asking yourself “Will this enlarge or contract my life?”

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Sarah Wilson Links:

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Brent Williams suffered for a long time from depression and anxiety and during that time he kept a journal about his thoughts, feelings, and experiences. That journal has now been turned in to a beautiful graphic novel called, Out Of The Woods: A Journey Through Depression and Anxiety. In this episode, Brent and Eric use his story as a jumping-off point to discuss how depression can show up in your life and how you can realistically, practically, and effectively find your way out of it.

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In This Interview, Brent Williams and I Discuss…

• His book, Out Of The Woods: A Journey Through Depression and Anxiety
• How subtle depression can be in your life – permeating everything 
• All the things he went to as a diagnosis before he admitted it was depression he was suffering from
• His resistance to taking depression medication
• How he watched his father take medication for anxiety and how it changed him
• His resistance to taking help from others
• His experience in therapy
• The metaphor of depression medication being a life preserver but you still have to swim back to shore
• The components of self-care: eat well, exercise, be with people, be outside, get support, stop ruminating, proper sleep
• How fundamental good nutrition is when it comes to mental well being
• Doing small and manageable things when you’re depressed
• How the reward mechanism in your brain isn’t working properly when you’re depressed
• How it took him a while to find the right therapist 
• The potential danger of meditating when depressed
• That mindfulness meditation was the form of meditating that helped him most
• The impact of keeping a mood chart – seeing a pattern that you can’t see at the time
• That sometimes you just have to push yourself over the hurdle of doing things that are good for you when you don’t feel like doing them
• Looking at your activities to assess your mental wellbeing
• Depression showing up as irritability in men

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