Alex is a 24-year-old from Rochester, New York. He goes into detail about his childhood, family, love, depression, and some things that help him cope.

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Detailed show notes:

Guest Alex0:00 – 5:55Imaginary Friends (Jade and Catherine) and storytelling – sound effects – Childhood influences and habits that never faded away – The effects our childhood can have on us as adults. Setting yourself imaginary role-models as a child to help influence yourself to be a better person.

5:55 – 6:46Hispanic Family – Different generation/culture and their views on the child’s Imagination (What is and is not normal)

6:46 – 10:31 Starting Grade school with limited English speaking abilities and difficult to communicate. Making friends in grade school and schoolyard crushes.

10:31 – 12:05 Growing up with a ‘girls name’ and coping with bullying

12:05 – 19:20 Using an interest in Hip-hop/dissing to cope with bullies – Transitioning from being bullied into becoming the bully with the intentions of hurting people and it’s influences

19:20 – 20:46 Video Games! What video games teach us – how they improve reflexes in real life. Staying a few steps ahead in your thinking.

20:46 – 25:16Moving onto 7th grade – Homeroom teacher would give all the answers to midterms. The teacher made a fake currency for students they can earn from doing their assignments. Can use points to trade physical things. The anxieties before starting your midterms. The teacher would give the answers at the end of the test by hiding the answer at the end of the question.

25:16 -27:33Family problems: Family breaking up. Processing this information as a child and not knowing what it means for your family. The breakup of his family influenced his behaviour – he was being reckless.

27:33 – 28:17Online Dating – Long distance relationships – Love doesn’t have a distance if both people are willing to commit.

28:17 – 30:41The struggle of being a kid – not thinking your words are worth anything. He wanted to tell his stepdad who was going through a rough patch at the moment due to the breakup with his mum how much he cared about him – that he was his hero.

30:41 – 32:23The step moves out of the house and sells the family house. He tells his now EX-girlfriend that she has a week to move out. They rent a new house with no Electricity. His mum is pregnant with his little brother and he was worried about her and everything she is probably going through.

32:23 – 33:m02The stepdad was lying about selling the house. He just told them that because he wanted to rent it to his sister. He told the mother that he kicked them out because he didn’t like that they were living across the road from him. This killed the image of a hero that he had in Alex’s mind.

33:02 – 34:18Grades dropped drastically due to the breakup of his...