Ranjan Subbiah is a 31-year-old living in Toronto. Topics include the ins and outs of medication, using comedy to frame mental illness, and explaining his condition to his family. Ranjan Subbiah Website: http://www.roominateless.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/roominateless The Dark Place Website: http://darkplace.joelkutz.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkplacepod

Miranda Yaver is a 29-year-old in academia. Topics include the recent loss of her friend to suicide, how her university has responded to her own mental illness, and the unrealistic standard of perfection put on people in prestigious careers.

Miranda YaverWebsite: http://www.mirandayaver.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirandayaver

The Dark PlaceWebsite: http://darkplace.joelkutz.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/darkplacepod

20-year-old Dan tells us his story. Topics include his contentious relationship with his father, feeling like a burden, and finding his agnosticism.

Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danfromtheweb

The Dark Place

Website: http://darkplace.joelkutz.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/darkplacepod

Armando Flores, who goes by the stage name "Social Anxiety", is an alternative hip-hop and spoken word artist. He discusses living with paranoid schizophrenia and depression, and how he has used his music to create a larger discussion about mental health.This episode also includes the premiere of his new song, "Mary Todd Lincoln".

Social Anxiety

Bandcamp: https://social-anxiety.bandcamp.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deathtosocialanxiety/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/asocialanxiety

The Dark Place

Website: http://darkplace.joelkutz.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkplacepod

Hannah Mansfield is Joel's guest. She's a teacher and recent college grad, trying to figure out the best way to manage a recent bipolar diagnosis. At the time of this conversation, she just had to go on medical leave from her job.

Hannah writes a blog about her mental illness. You can follow it at https://mentalhealthspeaks.wordpress.com/

October 8, 2015: Joel talks with Amanda Rosenberg. She's a comedy writer, and she reminds us how healing it is to laugh. (Yay suicide humor!) She also talks about feeling numb, being falsely diagnosed, wanting friends to just listen, and drawing pictures of the staff while in Stanford psychiatric hospital.

We mention a few articles Amanda wrote for Medium. Here's one of them: http://bit.ly/AR_Medium

It's also Mental Health Awareness Week. Though shouldn't that be every week?

Michele Rosenthal was just 13 when she suffered from a rare allergic reaction that left her a full-body burn victim. For over two decades she suffered from PTSD symptoms before finally self-diagnosing her condition and getting help. She talks to me about the lows—self-blame, anorexia, recurring nightmares—then the high of recovery.

Michele is the founder of HealMyPTSD.com. Her new book is titled Heal Your PTSD: Dynamic Strategies That Work.

Joel chats with 31-year-old Cara Santa Maria, host of the podcast "Talk Nerdy." In this episode, hear how Cara has fought through depression to build a career as a host and correspondent for networks including Al Jazeera America, Pivot, The Weather Channel, and Nat Geo. She helps us understand the chemical side of mental illness, then helps us understand how it's changed her own life.

Website: http://CaraSantaMaria.com

Twitter: @CaraSantaMaria

At just 20 years old, Jessie is a badass filmmaker turning her Crohn’s disease diagnosis into a platform for compassion. For this hour she lets herself be vulnerable. Topics include being chronically ill, feeling isolated, dealing with the emotions around sex, and medication that makes you forget an entire month of your life.

Jessie's short film: http://bit.ly/Jessie_Film

Kickstarter for Jessie's documentary: http://bit.ly/Jessie_Doc

Emily is a motivational speaker. Today, she takes a break from baring her deepest insecurities and fears in front of large crowds to bare her deepest insecurities and fears to us on the podcast. Yet she's not afraid—she's empowered. She talks about growing up and never fitting in, discovering a worldwide community of mental illness survivors, and learning to comfort her inner child. You can't see it, but she's wearing a lot of lime green.

More about Emily: https://about.me/LuvMily

Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilywspeaks