Freudian Sips

This week, Anna and Bonnie are talking about feral kids, or children raised in such isolation as to be animalistic. Specifically, Bonnie talks about the case of Genie Wiley, who was kept in neglect and isolation for thirteen years. They also chat about some fictional tales of feral kids, like Mowgli from The Jungle Book, as well as some other historical cases of children raised by various animals!

The gals have been avoiding this for too long; they’re talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder this week. To explain OCD, they break down both the obsessions AND the compulsions, and they accidentally end up self-disclosing way more than they expected. Turns out, they’ve been avoiding the OCD episode because they both have OCD tendencies. Who knew? (Anna and Bonnie knew. They knew.)

Anna (sans Bonnie) joins an amazing group of fellow mental health podcasters to talk about the current COVID-19 pandemic, how the insurance landscape is changing, what might stop access to mental health care, and other topics! Be sure to check out the other MH Avengers: Capes on the Couch, Guardians MH, PopPsych101, and Popcorn Psychology!

Or, Wacky Experiments Volume III! The gals are talking about two terrifically-named experiments this week. Bonnie tells us about the Monster Study, where orphans were emotionally abused to induce stuttering, and Anna talks about Operation Midnight Climax, part of the CIA’s Project MKUltra series of mind control experiments. And fittingly for some stories about bona fide Batman supervillains, this episode includes a promo for Capes on the Couch, another excellent podcast!

This week, the gals are talking about adrenaline and the role it plays in our fight and flight instincts. They also talk about how some people seek our these adrenaline rushes and how these people who are high sensation seekers may act differently than their low sensation seeking counterparts. Will Anna and Bonnie break their record for how many times they say the same thing at the same time? Tune in to find out!

Inspired by the Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 2020, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about mob mentality. To do this, they have to wade through things like pack bonding, evolution, emotional contagion, and lots more! They also talk about how mob mentality affected the Salem witch trials, and how we can about letting mob mentality get the best of us. Includes shout-outs to other great Freudian Sips episodes, as well as some other amazing podcasts like 10ish Podcast, Wine and Crime, and Necessary Bullshit!

This week, Anna and Bonnie are chatting about Viktor Frankl, creator of logotherapy. As always, Anna gives a history of Viktor’s life, including his stint in some concentration camps, and the Bonnie chats about the theories Viktor created, mainly how the search for meaning is essential to people’s lives. Listen in shock and awe as Bonnie creates another wonderful term while she and Anna struggle to stay at least three feet away from each other!

Amid all the pandemic panic, Anna and Bonnie are here to provide whatever information (and laughs) they can. Armed with quaran-tinis, they talk about the basics of coronavirus and COVID-19. how to help slow the spread, and how to stay positive and avoid some of the anxiety and panic that can come with things like pandemics, quarantine, and everything else around COVID-19. All information in this episode comes straight from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. All laughs come from the vodka in the quaran-tinis.

This week, the gals continue their discussion about attachment, which they started last week by talking about John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Now Anna and Bonnie are chatting about the four attachment styles, including how these styles are formed and how they look in us as we grow older. Apologies about any sniffles and snorts you might hear; Anna is a wee bit sickly, but she doesn’t have the coronavirus, she promises!

Anna and Bonnie are starting a more-than-one-parter about attachment, as in how we learn to relate to others through how we attach to our caregivers. In this installment, they’re talking about two pioneers of attachment theory, AKA the mother and father of attachment theory! Anna is talking about John Bowlby and his inability to write titles of books, and Bonnie is talking about Mary Ainsworth and her Strange Situation Procedure.