It's All In Your Head
By MedCircle
Each week a courageous guest will share with us what their life was like before, during and after their respective experiences and some advice they'd give to those who are struggling today.
It's All In Your HeadJan 16, 2023
Living with Social Anxiety Disorder | Claire Eastham
S2 EP #7: Claire Eastham is a Manchester-based author, award-winning mental health blogger, campaigner and keynote speaker who was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder after suffering excruciating physical symptoms that forced her to leave a business meeting. Claire's first book detailing her personal experience living with an anxiety disorder titled We’re All Mad Here: The No-Nonsense Guide to Living with Social Anxiety sold out its entire first print run in just five days and was selected for Reading Well Books on Prescription in 2018. Claire is an ambassador for the mental health research charity, MQ, and has regularly appeared on TV and radio, including appearances on This Morning, BBC Breakfast, and across BBC Radio. Her latest book about her experience is titled F**k, I think I’m Dying: How I Learned to Live with Panic.
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Claire's Book, We're All Mad Here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Were-All-Mad-Here-No-Nonsense/dp/1785920820/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1683113184&refinements=p_27%3AClaire+Eastham&s=books&sr=1-2
Claire's Book, F**K, I Think I'm Dying: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/440898/fk-i-think-im-dying-by-claire-eastham/9781473575370
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Living with ADHD | Timothy Denevi
S2 EP #6: Timothy Denevi grew up with ADHD and was among the first generation of boys prescribed medication for this disorder in the 1980s. Upon having an adverse reaction to the medication he was prescribed for ADHD, as a child he began the journey to finding the right treatment. As an adult, Tim wrote a book about his experience titled “Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD”, which is a remarkable book both for its sensitive portrait of a child’s experience, as well as for its thorough exploration of a remarkably complex and controversial mental condition and its treatment. In this conversation, Timothy shares how his life has been impacted by ADHD and how he eventually found healing through individualized treatment and painstaking research.
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Timothy's Memoir: http://www.timdenevi.com/hyper
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Living with Panic Disorder | Amanda Stern
S2 EP #5: Amanda Stern grew up with an undiagnosed panic disorder and was plagued with fear that her friends and family would be taken from her or die. In this conversation, Amanda shares how her life has been impacted by panic disorder and how she eventually found healing through therapy. She went on to write a memoir, Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life.
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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LYra87pN1Xk
Amanda's Memoir: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Panic-Dispatches-Anxious-Life/dp/1538711923
Amanda's weekly newsletter: https://amandastern.beehiiv.com
Learn more about Stephanie and follow her on social media:
https://www.instagram.com/alittlestern/
https://twitter.com/amandastern
Living with Complex PTSD (cPTSD) | Stephanie Foo
S2 EP #4: Stephanie Foo was diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,, also known as CPTSD, after she began struggling with panic attacks at work every morning. Throughout childhood, she was both physically and verbally abused, neglected and even abandoned as a teenager. In this conversation, Stephanie shares how her life has been impacted by this CPTSD and how she eventually found healing through education, different forms of therapy and meeting others who also suffered from CPTSD. She went on to write a New York Times bestseller titled What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma.
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Stephanie's Memoir: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/658389/what-my-bones-know-by-stephanie-foo/
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Living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | Allison Britz
S2 EP #3: Allison Britz developed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, also known as OCD, upon having a nightmare that she was diagnosed with brain cancer. She began to do everything she could to stop the cancer in her dream from becoming a reality by avoiding certain objects, food and clothing. It got to the point where she had barely any “safe” clothes to wear and weighed 90 pounds. In this conversation, Allison shares what it was like to live with OCD and the different therapies she tried to better understand how these obsessions developed and how to better control the compulsions.
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Allison's Memoir: https://www.amazon.com/Obsessed-Memoir-My-Life-OCD/dp/1481489186
Learn more about Allison and follow her on social media: https://instagram.com/notesfromallison
Living with Depression | Kyle Kittleson
S2 EP #2: MedCircle host, Kyle Kittleson, was diagnosed with Depression at nine years old and was immediately entered into treatment. Not long after Kyle sought treatment for his Depression, he realized that he was a gay man and tried to cover it up for over a decade. In this conversation, Kyle shares how he felt living with Depression at a much younger age than normally diagnosed, owning his sexuality and how he maintains his mental health today.
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Living with Bipolar II Depression | Jackie Colbeth
S2 EP #1: It’s All In Your Head podcast host, Jackie Colbeth, first received treatment for Depression as an adolescent at the same time she began struggling with drug and alcohol abuse. She was eventually diagnosed with BiPolar II Depression in 2004 after a decade of being misdiagnosed, addicted and yanked on and off different medications. In this conversation, Jackie also shares what it was like to seek treatment for her Alcoholism and accept her BiPolar II Depression.
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Living with Porn Addiction [A Woman's Experience] | Jessica Harris
S1 EP #7: Jessica Harris accidentally discovered porn when she was just a teenager when a graphic image popped up while she was online. By the time she was in high school, it began to dominate her life. She found herself lying to her parents, sleeping just a few hours each night and watched her grades suffer, as well. Wanting so badly to get help, but not knowing where to turn, Jessica finally found a safe place to open up and she has been walking in freedom ever since. Today Jessica travels all over the world sharing her story to help other women struggling with pornography addiction.
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Jessica's Memoir: https://amzn.to/3IuvEAU
Jessica's book, Quenched: https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/466152
Learn more about Jessica's blog and follow her on social media:
http://www.beggarsdaughter.com
Living with Online Video Game Addiction | Charlie Bracke
S1 EP #6: Charlie Bracke grew up living as an online gaming addict who at one point was spending an average of 14 hours per day gaming as an adult. As his use escalated he dropped out of college, lost a long-term relationship and lost his job. Knowing something had to change he found the courage to seek professional treatment at reSTART Life, a residential treatment program that focuses on addressing different online addictions and mental health conditions. Charlie now enjoys speaking about his struggles with technology and gaming in order to raise awareness and help others struggling with similar issues.
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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/I1kyZvRY29A
Learn more about reSTART Life & follow them on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/therestartcenter
https://twitter.com/restartyourlife
Treating Digital Addictions | Dr. Hilarie Cash
S1 EP #5: Dr. Hilarie Cash has been working on treating internet addiction since the 90’s. In 2009, she co-founded reSTART Life which is the nation’s first and foremost treatment program for different online addictions and underlying mental health conditions. Currently, Dr. Cash serves as the Chief Clinical Officer at reSTART Life and she’ll share more about why she finds this field so important and how digital addiction impacts millions of people today.
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Living with Sex & Porn Addiction | Austin Hamilton
S1 EP #4: Austin Hamilton discovered porn as a child and was secretly addicted until he was faced with a painful truth later in life: porn was a way for him to fill the hole in his heart from his mom dying in a plane crash when he was just five years old. He saw how much his behavior negatively impacted his marriage and decided to tell his wife. From there, his healing journey began. Through the love and support of his family, Austin has experienced freedom from porn addiction and today he helps other men to get rid of this unwanted pattern.
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Learn more about Austin & follow him on social media:
https://www.instagram.com/pxrncoach/
https://www.instagram.com/pxrncoach/
https://www.facebook.com/pxrncoach/
Living with CPTSD from Human Trafficking | Sandy Storm
S1 EP #3: Sandy Storm was a trafficking victim for over 20 years, and it began during her childhood. Initially, she did not realize she was a survivor or how traumatic the experience was until she started volunteering in the justice movement. Sandy has since written three books about her painful childhood, how she was trafficked, as well as her healing journey. She has also become an abolitionist and works with the organization, DeliverFund, to help set other trafficking victims free - both physically and emotionally.
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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kCiLAFlAkEQ
Learn more about Sandy Storm & follow her on social media:
https://authorsandystorm.com/
https://www.instagram.com/authorsandystorm/
https://www.facebook.com/authorsandystorm
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnmWctww4gl89AUXuEBY2Q/videos
Learn more about DeliverFund & follow on social media:
https://deliverfund.org/
https://www.instagram.com/deliverfund/
https://www.facebook.com/DeliverFund/
Living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) | Sara Rosenberg
S1 EP #2: After several attempts to end her life, Sara Rosenberg was eventually diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at 25. After she was told she’d live with BPD the rest of her life, Sara felt like she’d never get better and was unsure how to live with her diagnosis. With the incredible support from her family, therapist and others who live with or have been impacted by BPD, Sara has found a way to defy those original beliefs. She loves her life today and she believes that it will only keep getting better.
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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mdX1X6HiaE8
Learn more about Emotions Matter & follow on social media:
https://emotionsmatterbpd.org/
https://www.instagram.com/emotionsmatter/
Supporting Family with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) | Paula Tusiani-Eng
S2 EP #1: Paula Tusiani-Eng’s sister was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder after multiple hospitalizations, plus months of self-harm symptoms and suicidal thoughts. Although her treatment plan helped to stabilize her behaviors, one of the medications caused her to suffer a rare stroke and she died in 2001. Paula has since dedicated her life to supporting, educating and advocating for people impacted by borderline personality disorder through her organization, Emotions Matter.
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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ui4e6FTiYRI
Learn more about Emotions Matter & follow on social media:
https://emotionsmatterbpd.org/
https://www.instagram.com/emotionsmatter/
https://www.facebook.com/emotionsmatterbpd
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZY65I4LqtG4xO1sN2oRNyw
Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter's Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder: https://www.amazon.com/Remnants-Paper-Pamela-Tusiani-Tusiani-Eng/dp/0985571829
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center: https://www.nyp.org/bpdresourcecenter
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