The Masks That Saved Me: When Persona Becomes the Prison

Wheels Off! The Psycho Dave Martin Interview

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929883/fan_mail/new] Dallas radio legend "Psycho" Dave Martin joins Adventures In Broadcasting to discuss longevity in the radio biz, attaining legend status working at The Ticket, and what next for Dave.   This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings

Segment 2: Heart Stopper, 12 Stepper

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929883/fan_mail/new] In segment 2 Keith and George discuss broadcasting, heart attacks, staying healthy, and getting treatment at the Amen Clinic  This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings

The Masks That Saved Me: When Persona Becomes the Prison

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929883/fan_mail/new] Somewhere in midlife, a lot of us start realizing the person we became to survive is not always the same person we actually are. For me, that meant looking at the masks. The BMX kid. The media guy. The rebel. The insider. The steady one. The one who learned how to function, perform, achieve, and keep moving. None of those selves were fake. They helped me survive. But at some point, the persona that saves you can also become the prison. This next episode goes into Carl Jung, masks, shadow, ego, grief, family, identity, and the strange work of trying to put the scattered pieces of yourself back together in midlife. Not by becoming someone new. By finally telling the truth about who you’ve been. If you’re Gen X, there’s a good chance you know exactly what I mean. New episode soon: The Masks That Saved Me: When Persona Becomes the Prison  This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings

I Never Believed in Hell: Rapture Fear, Cold War Anxiety, and The Art of Happiness

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929883/fan_mail/new] Growing up in Texas during the Reagan years, I absorbed a potent mix of evangelical end-times theology, Cold War nuclear dread, Christian school culture shock, and satanic panic. In this episode, I talk about how those fear-based messages shaped my view of death, obedience, and the unknown, and why The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and psychiatrist Howard Cutler gave me a calmer, more humane way to think about suffering, attachment, and mortality. This is a personal story about religious trauma, grief, Buddhist thought, and what it takes to loosen fear’s grip on the nervous system   This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings

The Belief That I Was the Problem: Childhood, Emotional Neglect, and What It Leaves Behind,

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1929883/fan_mail/new] How childhood emotional neglect and early attachment loss shape lifelong self-beliefs, and how those beliefs can follow you into adulthood. Why do some people grow up believing they were always “the problem”? In this episode of Confessions of a Gen-X Mind, George Ten Eyck explores how early childhood experiences, including emotional neglect, sibling-raised dynamics, and the sudden loss of attachment figures, can shape a child’s sense of self in ways that last for decades. Growing up in a Gen X household with limited emotional availability, George reflects on what happens when the people you depend on for connection are inconsistent, overwhelmed, or suddenly gone. What begins as a child’s attempt to make sense of confusion often turns into a lifelong belief: that something about you is difficult, flawed, or unlovable. This episode also examines how those early beliefs can be reinforced later in life, especially during periods of mental health struggle, when well-meaning but outdated approaches reduce complex emotional patterns to a single solution: medication. This is not a rejection of treatment. It is an exploration of something deeper. What if the belief itself is wrong? Topics include: • childhood emotional neglect and attachment  • being raised by older siblings in a Gen X household  • how early loss shapes identity and self-worth  • the long-term impact of feeling like “the problem”  • why self-beliefs formed in childhood can persist into adulthood  • the difference between managing symptoms and understanding origins If you’ve ever felt like you were too much, difficult to love, or somehow responsible for the emotional tone around you, this episode offers a grounded and thoughtful look at where those beliefs begin and how they can be reexamined. Confessions of a Gen-X Mind explores identity, media, mental health, and personal history through the lens of a generation that grew up between analog childhood and digital adulthood. Follow, rate, and share if this episode resonates.  This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings