Mental Illness Podcasts - Suggestions, thoughts and recommendations.

[Jessbph]

My Mum Says My Memoir Is A Lie - Rosie Waterland Podcast. Anyone listened to it? Thoughts?

This podcast was an absolute emotional rollercoaster and hit some very heavy topics. Has anyone listened to it and have any thoughts?

How did everything land for you? I thought about it for days on end. Would love to hear anyone else's opinions or any other podcast recommendations.

[Guest_1643]

Hi RomanticThi3f -

Thank you for the amazing recommendations! My brother has that graphic novel and said it was really good!!!! Glad you enjoyed it....and the novel as well looks worth a check-out.

I'm fascinated by the superhero podcast...

great mental health resources - you have a good eye !

The books I like for mental health are:

Rosie Waterland's two memoirs
"The Anti-Cool Girl"
"Every Lie I've ever told" - she's hilarious and I like the way she takes the stigma away from mental health struggle. She's always been open and humerous about her own journey of recovery.

"More, Now, Again" by Elizabeth Wurtzel is a story of addiction and mental health struggles. I loved this although some people find her very self-absorbed.

There is also a new book by Corey White "The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory" - I didn't enjoy it so much but he has a comedy special where he tells the same story, and I enjoyed that format much better for his story. Deals with suicide, trauma, abandonment as a child and having a mother who was an addict.

It's hard sometimes with movies and tv because sometimes I feel they sensationalise mental health ,

But the TV show "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" I found really relatable and empowering. It's on Netflix

[Guest_1643]

That's cool that your into therapy stories! Is Esther Perel a therapist? I've heard amazing things about her.

I've read a little bit of Irvin Yalom and there's also Lori Gottlieb who had a book on her experiences as a therapist

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi!

Sidenote: will I call you sleepy21 on the forums or Vanessa? Just noticed that you signed off once as Vanessa but wasn't sure if you wanted me to call you that name around the forums 🙂

You are very welcome! I'm so glad you appreciated them - and it's cool that your brother has read that one too! Clearly we all have good taste haha

Thank you for your recommendations too! I'm going to write them all down and check them out. I did try The Anti-Cool Girl once but didn't get into it as much as I wanted to, but I will definitely try the other one too. I actually have The prettiest horse in the glue factory on hold from the library! I had no idea that it was also a comedy special - the more you know!

Yeah I completely agree. The movies thread on here talks a lot about movies with mental illness and there's some good recommendations and reflections on there. I've heard about Crazy Ex Girlfriend but never seen it so I will have a look. Actually the other one I thought of was called After Life - it's a dark like comedy with Ricky Gervais. It's really not everyones type so I don't really recommend it much, but it felt so incredibly accurate to me in his portrayal of grief, depression and suicide.

and yes- she's a psychotherapist from Belgium. I read both of those ones too

Thank you again for all of your recommendations, I'm going to get to work this weekend!

rt

[Guest_1643]

hi all

Listened to this podcast https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/podcasts/trauma-reactions-and-recovery

very good!

By a survivor of the bushfires who is also a top trauma therapist. I learnt a lot from this and found it helpful and not overwhelming to listen to, on the subject of PTSD

[Guest_1643]

Hi RT

I'm using Sleepy on the forums ... I think that's my name /identity here now lol