Season 1 - Episode 44 - John of "The Bipolar Battle Podcast" shares his story and talks about how to "embrace your journey"

Season 1: Episode 46 - (TW) Victor's lifetime of abuse that led to a - "Class of Characters" History of DID

Victor provides us with the history of the horrific abuse he faced growing up and provides the scenario and basis for his multiple personality disorder and multiple, ‘characters,’ surfacing in his life. I have included the order of documents to be read, as he sent them to me: 1.       My essay entitled “IsHopeAStrategy-IDontKnowYouTellMe”-Rev1 – explains my experiences for the last 55 weeks 2.       Email to my circle of care “A quick note” – perhaps a long one too – explains my experiences, the consequences and reflections 3.       My essay entitled “IamSorry-thedoublesidedrazorblade”-Rev1 – explains my position of hearing “I am sorry”  Please understand I know it is a form of empathy, yet after the continued fight with the Ontario Canada MHA system over the last 5 years… I have heard this statement too many times. Below I have included links to his podcast interview and published essay about living with DID, as he sent them to me. 1.       Podcast Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDOjA-mW7i0 2.       Published Essay: https://weareunsinkable.com/living-with-dissociative-identity-disorder-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Characters: “Entities during dissociation” Harris - Destructive, own email address, emails circle of care. Victor - The Poet - Manager and communicator of all personalities. Dissociative poetry author Little Victor - 1st traumatic experience Little Victor - 2nd Suicide attempt 4-10 years old (Suicide Attempts) other suicide attempts have one identity for each X - He has no idea who he is The Beast - Pure violence, animalistic and beats up self Management - No idea who this is. Many more, he states he has about 13 entities that present themselves at various times. Twitter: @VictorJanzen

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Doug - Canadian "THC Potent Drug" beware

Abby, another victim of THC Potent Drug from smoking daily for a short period of time. Thankfully her father intervened. Doug, her father, reached out to share her story as a worried dad and mental THC awareness advocate for parents. Listening to him discuss the the experience they had with hospitals to gain admittance and help for drug induced or mental health impaired individuals. If you’ve ever experienced this, it’s heart wrenching on all sides, especially with someon over age. Abby was 18 years old and this also happened to me with my son and my sister. If you find any part of this podcast helpful or meaningful, reach out or comment. We all need to share our stories. Doug reaches out and helps kids on a regular basis. He’s spoken to me about a few and he cares deeply. Abby was having psychotic episodes due to the THC potency. She was given anti-psychotics. Doug can be found and is active on Twitter: @no2potentTHC Abby, we are grateful you are home and well.

Season 3: Episode 2 - John revisits us with an update and we discuss mental health, "covid coma" and his Road to Mental Wellness.

John, from the Road to Mental Wellness, joins us for a second update on how he's been. He discusses his new podcast and enlightens us on where he is with his book. He focuses on 'men's health,' and how we can find commonalities between the genders or even those that are binary. We discuss 'covid coma' a bit, please enjoy.

Season 1 - Episode 44 - John of "The Bipolar Battle Podcast" shares his story and talks about how to "embrace your journey"

John of "The Bipolar Battle" podcast and mental health advocate on Twitter joins us with his story. He describes his family as coming from the thought of 'mind over matter,' to get over struggles. He's living with Bipolar disorder and emphasizes the idea to 'embrace your journey,' as you live with mental illness. If you would like to follow him you can reach him on Twitter. Twitter: @BipolarBattle Website: thebipolarbattle.com Author of http://amzn.to/3dwkcVc

Season 1: Episode 43 - Luke from the UK - Channel Islands, discusses his Mental Health story

Luke from the UK shares his journey of mental illness. Please check out his blog at Discusslife.net.