Being UnNormal

 In this episode we welcome back Tra'Renee Chambers to the show. Tra'Renee is is Emmy winning television personality and radio DJ on the popular JAM'N 107.5 station in Portland, Oregon. We are grateful to have an open conversation with Tra'Renee about George Floyd, the state of racial trauma in America, why BIPOC are tired of having conversations about race, and the realities of police brutalities. Her insights into the foundational issues on race in America are eye opening and insightful.

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In this weeks episode we are releasing the audio version of our Managing Anxiety workshop from April 8th, 2020 during the height of the pandemic. Friend of the show Cory Anton talks to us about the anxiety cycle, what anxiety can look like if you've never experienced it before, the role of the media in anxiety, and flight/fright/freeze response. This episode is packed with incredible information on how to understand your anxiety scale, and the truth about panic attacks when they happen.

Anxiety Disorders: A mental health disorder characterized by feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities. Examples of anxiety disorders include panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Symptoms include stress that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, inability to set aside a worry, and restlessness.

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In this episode we welcome Jay Mohr to the show. Most known for his wide body of work in Hollywood (Saturday Night Live, Jerry Maguire, Last Comic Standing, Mohr Stories) Jay is no stranger to dealing with mental health issues.  We have a candid conversation about his struggles with addiction, his panic attack on SNL, guidance from Sarah Silverman on seeking treatment, and his recent bipolar diagnosis. We are grateful that Jay is helping us have these must needed conversations about mental health and stigma with humor and heart.

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mental illness that brings severe high and low moods and changes in sleep, energy, thinking, and behavior. People who have bipolar disorder can have periods in which they feel overly happy and energized and other periods of feeling very sad, hopeless, and sluggish.

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In this episode we welcome back friend of the show Kara Radecki with Ancora Counseling to talk about co-dependency and people pleasing. Kara shares with us the intersections between attachment style and co-dependent tendencies, who is at higher risk of co-dependent relationships, the effects of people pleasing on self esteem, and how important it is to find a way to say yes to yourself with boundaries. We also talk about the consequences of people pleasing and co-dependent relationships in our lives, and how some situations become dangerous and lead to severe depression.

Codependency is characterized by a person belonging to a dysfunctional, one-sided relationship where one person relies on the other for meeting nearly all of their emotional and self-esteem needs. It also describes a relationship that enables another person to maintain their irresponsible, addictive, or underachieving behavior.

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In this episode we welcome Dr. Neera Ghazziuddin to the show to talk about pediatric bipolar.  Dr. Neera is an Associate Professor and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry. Her research and clinical interests include treatment-resistant depression in adolescents, early onset bipolar disorder, catatonia, and the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in youth with severe psychiatric illness. Dr. Neera sheds light on why it is critical to catch and treat bipolar disorder in youth as early as possible, why some professionals hesitate to diagnosis youth with bipolar, and how the illness can show up in adolescent behavior.

What is bipolar disorder: A disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs.The exact cause of bipolar disorder isn’t known, but a combination of genetics, environment, and altered brain structure and chemistry may play a role. Manic episodes may include symptoms such as high energy, reduced need for sleep, and loss of touch with reality. Depressive episodes may include symptoms such as low energy, low motivation, and loss of interest in daily activities. Mood episodes last days to months at a time and may also be associated with suicidal thoughts. Treatment is usually lifelong and often involves a combination of medications and psychotherapy.

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In this episode we welcome back friend of the show Cory Anton to talk about mental health stigma. We break down some of the truths of the therapeutic process, being patience during the treatment process, how stigma effects those with diagnoses, and how stigma prevents people from seeking the care they desperately need. Cory and I talk about medication stigma, how stigma impacts our approach to diagnoses, and some personal experience with how even the medical and behavioral health community can sometimes shame people in mental health crisis.

Social stigma is the disapproval of, or discrimination against, a person based on perceivable social characteristics that serve to distinguish them from other members of a society. Social stigmas are commonly related to culture, gender, race, intelligence, and health.

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In this episode we welcome Mara McLoughlin to talk about Autism. We talk about some common sensory behaviors displayed by children with autism, the importance of building social skills, communication styles, and the importance of setting the environment up for success for people with autism. Mara brings some great example of why making adjustments in the school setting is critical for autistic children, and can be used to help create empathy with their peer groups.

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.

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In this weeks episode we welcome back Dr. Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers to the show to talk about the effects of poverty. Although we taped the show before the pandemic, the points raised in this episode are still, if not more than ever, applicable during this time. We talk about inter-generational poverty, how poverty causes trauma, the links between mental illness and poverty, and why being stuck in the system isn't the "easy street" some people perceive this to be.

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In this episode we welcome Shelda Holmes, the medical director of Hands on Medicine who tells us what it's like for frontline medical responders during a global pandemic. We talk about how the virus spreads, what we know and don't know, the struggle of individualism vs public health, and the lack of PPE. Shelda shares with us her personal struggles when making decisions that can put her staff at risk, why N95 masks are important for medical staff, and why isolation works to flatten the curve. The big message - stay at home!

COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people such as with MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, and now with this new virus (named SARS-CoV-2).

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a betacoronavirus, like MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. All three of these viruses have their origins in bats. The sequences from U.S. patients are similar to the one that China initially posted, suggesting a likely single, recent emergence of this virus from an animal reservoir.

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 In this episode we welcome Angelo Gonzales to the show to talk about the realities of being a veteran in a time of war. We break down what living and working in a combat zone looks like, the toll it takes on all aspects of your life, what assimilating back into civilian life feels like, and the long term effects of the various mental health diagnosis our veterans are battling with. We thank Angelo for his service, and his story of hope for all vets returning home after their military service.

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