Joey & Alison are back this week discussing different stigmas surrounding different aspects of mental health for men. The end of this episode, we also get into a true crime discussion (we are both Murderinos after all) and Joey makes an announcement!

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https://www.menshealth.com/health/a20111514/men-mental-health-awareness-month/

In this week’s episode, we welcome special guest Josh on to talk with us about the stigma and misconceptions about epilepsy and other invisible illnesses. Josh happens to be an old friend of Alison’s from the renaissance community and he has a lot of information to give.

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TW/CW: This episode contains heavy discussion of suicidal thoughts and idolization. We talk about the stigma surrounding suicide and the upsetting statistics of suicide. Joey also talks about a friend he lost this past week.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

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We had a small timetable for recording this week so we went in with no particular topic in mind and just chatted about our week, Halloween and what we have planned coming up on the podcast.

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Joey and Alison return after a week off to discuss ways to overcome the mental load and how to recognize and deal with relationship toxicity.

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Opening October with an emphasis on awareness, Joey & Alison listen to Guest Alli talk about her beloved daughter Maria & her two brothers as she discusses the struggle of being a young loss mom, conceiving after a loss & the hierarchy within the loss community. Apologies for any audio issues in this episode, although it wouldn’t be a true Joey & Alison Show without those hilarious technical difficulties!

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After a short break, Joey & Alison are back, joined by Alison's friend Holly, to discuss & shatter the wrongful ideology that trauma leads a person to deviate from a heteronormative lifestyle. Also discussed are topics of gender dysphoria, self care as an LGBTQIA+ person & what the community would like to see from Allies.

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As the annual Out of the Darkness walks occur across the US, Joey & Alison discuss how they reach out & ask for help when experiencing a crisis, how they hope people will respond when someone reaches out & they're favorite methods of self care.

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In this episode, Alison opens up about the abuse she dealt with from her ex-husband during their marriage. We understand that this episode may be difficult to listen to for some of our listeners. We ask that you continue to put your mental health first & only listen if you can. Stop where you need to if you do try, we will understand. 💜

If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.

Due to a scheduling conflict, Joey & Alison are left to their own devices this week & end up diving into the chaos of the rumormill. Hilarious Technical difficulties abound as they make their way through discussing Alison finding out she was deemed "dead" by some old classmates while living in Canada & Joey reminisces about how classmates were treated based off rumors after the events of Columbine.

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