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Podcast: Mental Illness Happy Hour
Episode: Paul in Ireland I - Sponsored by BetterHelp - Bipolar & BDP in Dublin
Description: 21 year-old M emigrated to Dublin from China at 8. With a history of abuse and neglect, she learned to stuff her sadness or unleash it thru anger. She battles Bipolar I, BPD, Complex PTSD & co-dependence but is developing tools & support. She talks about growing up with conditional love and physical violence where emotions like sadness weren't allowed. Her girlfriend A sits in and talks about supporting her and how they formed a bond in their all-girl secondary school over sharing mental illness struggles. M also shares about the dramatic episodes of mania that landed her in trouble with the law and in...