Neurotic Tornado

Neurotic Tornado

By Yuvi ZalkowSociety & Culture
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Neurotic Tornado episodes

  • 45: The Failed Q&A Episode

    We attempt a Q&A episode with various fake questions that lead us into a conversation about gardening, narcissism, and self-discovery. This the last episode of the season! 😭

    If you want more info about the Neurotic Tornado 😫🌪podcast, check out the podcast home page (link). And if you want more info about my new novel, check out I Only Cry with Emoticons on my website (link).

    27 min
  • 44: Stage Fright, Book Launches, and Other Nightmares

    With my new novel launching on June 7th, we discuss stage fright, the book launch experience, and my nightmares about peeing. We also give Jackie Shannon Hollis a call (17 minutes into the show). She hosted this show in seasons 2 & 3, and released a fabulous memoir in 2019: This Particular Happiness (link).

    If you want more info about the Neurotic Tornado 😫🌪podcast, check out the podcast home page (link). And if you want more info about my new novel, check out I Only Cry with Emoticons on my website (link).

    39 min
  • 43: The Depression and Anxiety Episode

    We discuss my relationship to depression and anxiety over the years. Turns out that I used to date depression but now I'm hooking up with anxiety. So... yay???

    To get more info about depression and anxiety:

    • Tell Me All I Need to Know About Depression (Psycom.net link)
    • Depression Definition and DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria (Psycom.net link)
    • How Can I Get Help for Depression? (Healthline.com link)
    • Tell Me All I Need to Know About Anxiety (Psycom.net link)
    • Do You Live with Anxiety? Here Are 11 Ways to Cope (Healthline.com link)

      • If you want more info about the Neurotic Tornado 😫🌪podcast, check out the podcast home page (link). And if you want more info about my new novel, check out I Only Cry with Emoticons on my website (link).

      33 min
    • 42: Pain Scale from 1 to Fuchsia

      I suffer from chronic migraines. Every week I have to work through the ups and downs of how I feel. In this episode, my wife and I talk about how we manage our lives alongside my chronic pain. For some context, here are two YouTube videos I made about chronic pain:

      • The Pain in My Head: the story of my chronic headaches
      • Writing Through Pain: how I remain a chronic creator even with chronic pain

        • Also, in the episode we reference the Spoon Theory (coined by writer Christine Miserandino). To learn more about this helpful metaphor, check out her original blog post (from 2003!).

        If you want more info about the Neurotic Tornado 😫🌪podcast, check out the podcast home page (link). And if you want more info about my new novel, check out I Only Cry with Emoticons on my website (link).

        32 min
      • 41: Spiral of Foreboding

        We discuss my overactive sense of dread and foreboding, and why my sense of object permanence is only slightly better than a baby's.

        If you want more info about the Neurotic Tornado 😫🌪podcast, check out the podcast home page (link). And if you want more info about my new novel, check out I Only Cry with Emoticons on my website (link).

        26 min
      • 40: I'm My Obsession

        Welcome back to the podcast after a long hiatus! In this episode, my wife visits me up in the attic to talk about obsessive thinking, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and why I'm capable of re-reading an already-sent email 87 times. 

        Related links: 

        • Measuring Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: Common Tools and Techniques (website) 
        • Obsessive Concerns Checklist (PDF)
        • Compulsive Activities Checklist (PDF) 

          • If you want more info about the Neurotic Tornado 😫🌪podcast, check out the podcast home page (link). And if you want more info about my new novel, check out I Only Cry with Emoticons on my website (link).

          40 min
        • Season 4 Prep: The Catastrophizer (Episode 39)

          So I brought my wife on the show again after a FOUR-year hiatus to check-in about... relationshippy things. And then I lost the episode for THREE years. And so now, after a SEVEN-year hiatus, my wife and I talk about our marriage, and her counseling, and my ability to catastrophize. To those of you who are heroically still subscribed, I hope you enjoy this one-off episode. ❤️️


          For more info about the podcast, check out the podcast home page.

          36 min
        • S3-38: Very much our space
          We conclude the Beyond Coupled season. We talk through what we learned. And we share an exciting update about Ben...
          We loved doing this season; we’re so appreciative that you joined us; we appreciate the honesty of the crew we interviewed; we’re even appreciative of the semicolon. But now we need to take a nap.
          24 min
        • S3-36: Defining the relationship
          In this podcast episode, Nikki, Ben, and Stevan start to define their relationship now that everything is out in the open. If you're just tuning in, be sure to go back to episode 31 for the beginning of the season: It was a good marriage, but...
          24 min

        About Neurotic Tornado

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        A podcast series that explores relationships and emotions and pain and other messy, hilarious things.