Alli G (therapist) talks OCD (since age 7); skin picking; being a social worker for holocaust survivors; perfectionism; & the importance of listening & validating people's experiences!
CW: suicide, eating disorder.
We also talk about:
the beginning of her eating disorder (a comment from her mother);
suicidal ideation;
being the symptom bearer of the family;
her FIRST session as a therapist;
psychoeducation (having to educate family members about your illness);
the positive side of "mental illness";
medication (and how it saved her life);
her mentally ill father;
why NOT to say "calm down";
and SO much more!
A quote from this episode:
"If people could see the suffering that we have to go through, physically, on our bodies, mental illness wouldn't be a stigma.
People would be like, "holy shit--why didn't you get help sooner??" And we're like "I tried, but you told me I was being too dramatic--you told me to calm down!"
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