Learn what happens to your neurons when you quit benzos or alcohol cold turkey, explore the relationship between alcohol and depression, figure out when it's time to choose a therapist over friends, how to negotiate with your feelings, and explore what multiple personalities really are.

In this episode we explore the difference between overusing the word "PTSD" and actually meeting the pathological thresholds for PTSD, how Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is underdiagnosed and over stigmatized, the medical terms for different breast shapes, and deconstruct the emotional experience when moving to a new place.

JP starts us off with a bit of insight about the experience of inpatient psychiatric treatment before we answer your questions about postpartum depression, how to enforce boundaries after recieving an inheritance, Covid anger, and how to work with anxiety stemming from a military experience.

Learn how mental health professionals diagnose people, who can appropriately give a diagnosis for ADHD and the role of accepting a diagnosis as part of your treatment plan.

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Today we get into what Shannon considers to be the most worrisome type of client, what happens when you have too much or too little dopamine on the brain, and how a UTI can cause delirium. 

This week we get answers about the difference between bipolar and unipolar depression & how to tell a narcissist they’re narcissistic. Plus, JP reveals just how little psychiatry actually knows about how the brain works.