Rachel Dick is a queer identifying grad student at Fordham University with a passion for hanging from aerial apparatuses, and the new co-host of the OFM Podcast. She grew up in Memphis but never went to Graceland, and has spent the last 7 years in Chicago without ever once seeing a Cubs game.
She’d love to eventually obtain a Ph.D in Human Sexuality with an emphasis on sexuality in spiritual traditions so she can spend her life writing niche pieces about people’s sex lives that no one will probably ever read. When she’s not wasting time on social media, she’s reading fantasy novels and looking for cute dogs to pet.
We chat about anxiety, depression, misdiagnosis, the diagnosis journey, the shocking impact being queer can have on your psyche in today's society, and more. As she says at the end of the episode "10/10 would record again."
We discuss our mental health and how we're caring for ourselves in this era of social distancing and quarantine. We will talk about how we are doing, how we are coping, and ideas for how you could cope too.
Contact us:
jvrenoe@gmail.com
Instagram: @jenninrinth
Twitter: @renoe
Resources:
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
The Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
NAMI HelpLine: 800-950-6264
Pop culture surrounds us 24/7 and it sculpts not only our personalities but our self-image and self-worth. In this episode, we continue a conversation we started earlier this season about dysmorphia and dysphoria while discussing the importance of visibility but ask if it is valid to struggle with how transgender stars continue to forward cis-heteronormative beauty standards.
We ask the questions:
As a reminder everyone, once again, we are not in anyway experts or doctors. What you’ve heard today are our own personal life experiences that we hope will help end the stigma surrounding mental health. If you ever have thoughts of worthlessness or feel suicidal please seek out professional help. You can find links to options on our About Us page at OurFracutredMinds.com.
As always, if you enjoyed the podcast, we’d love it if you’d subscribe and review the show. You can find us just about anywhere podcasts can be heard, including, most recently, Castbox.
Thanks for listening, but, like our last episode, we really hope you’ll take time to add your thoughts to this topic. As I mentioned earlier, you can always reach me via @Renoe on Twitter or reach us at our email box of FracturedMindsPodcast@Gmail.com.
Interventions are commonly recognized as a way to help someone struggling with chemical dependance, however, are they ever appropriate to help a friend who may be in crisis? Is there ever a time when it is okay to bring others into the conversation? Is there a right way to have the conversation? What are some things you should think about if you're considering staging one?
In this episode we discuss interventions and a few experiences we've had from being a part of mental health interventions that didn't go well. We're curious to hear your takes on this topic. Is there ever a time when this is acceptable? You can always let us know on twitter via @Renoe or email via FracturedMindsPodcast@Gmail.com.
Remember, especially with this episode, we are not experts or doctors. What you’ll hear today are our own personal life experiences that we hope will help end the stigma surrounding mental health. If you ever have thoughts of worthlessness or feel suicidal please seek out professional help. You can find links to options on our About Us page at OurFracutredMinds.com.
As always, if you enjoyed the podcast, we’d love it if you’d subscribe and review the show. You can find us just about anywhere podcasts can be heard, including, most recently, Castbox.
A look at where we've been since July and the reasons it's been so hard for us to record an episode since our last release, as well as a look at why, even with the trauma of 2019, the year was still pretty darn good.
Content Warnings:
In this episode, we'll chat about feelings surrounding a sexual assault, suicidal ideation, self harm, as well as some of what we've worked on to recover from the trauma that's occurred and look ahead to all the things 2020 has us excited about.
Also, always remember that we are not in any way experts or doctors. If you ever have feelings of worthlessness or feel suicidal, please seek out professional help. You can find links on the about us page of OurFracturedMinds.com.
In this week's episode we discussed how coming out later in life can impact your life. We talked about our experiences, what the research suggests, the reasons why people wait to come out, and how it has impacted our mental health over time through both living in the closet and identity denial.
That and more - today, on Our Fractured Minds.
As always, I just want to remind everyone that we are not in anyway experts or doctors. What you hear today are our own personal life experiences that we hope will help end the stigma surrounding mental health. If you ever have thoughts of worthlessness or feel suicidal please seek out professional help. You can find links to options on our About Us page at OurFracutredMinds.com.
As always, if you enjoyed the podcast we’d love it if you’d subscribe and review the show. Thanks, and we look forward to talking with you next time on Our Fractured Minds
In continuation of our special pride month coverage where we focus on exclusion within our own community, we talk with Nico Bolton, a queer POC, about her experiences growing up queer and feeling, and being, excluded in both queer and mental health spaces.
In this episode we cover:
Check out this week's episode to hear our conversation on these topics, and more, this week on Our Fractured Minds.
Today we’re launching our second annual pride month celebration. This episode is especially important for a few reasons. One of them being, this week marks one year since I came out as transgender here on the podcast.
It’s also very important to me because we were joined by Amanda Jette Knox to talk about trans exclusion in the LGBT community. Amanda is an award-winning writer, LGBTQ advocate and public speaker from Ottawa, Canada. Her work has been featured in both national and international publications, including O Magazine, Chatelaine (SHAT-uh-lane), and Upworthy.
She’s also the author of the upcoming book, “Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family” which will be available this summer from Penguin Random House Canada.
I’m so excited to have this opportunity for a lot of reasons. Most importantly, though, is the recent news about trans exclusions in healthcare and government protections in the United States. Being excluded from the general public is hard enough, but there’s been a movement for exclusion in the LGBT community as well. Luckily, advocates like Amanda are standing up and saying enough is enough in a movement recognized online by the handle, L with the T.
That, and more, today on Our Fractured Minds.
Coming out as mentally ill is hard, especially when it comes to our workplaces. Will people see us differently? Will it impact my ability to grow in my career? Will it even keep me from finding a job? These are all important questions that keep us, all too often, from letting people know when we're struggling.
In this episode we address a number of critical issues including:
That, and more, in this episode of Our Fractured Minds.
Managing a relationship is hard. Managing Mental Health is hard. Combining the two while being queer? That's difficult on an entirely different level. Today we look at our experiences to try and understand the best way to cope while maintaining your relationship.
I just want to remind everyone that we are not in anyway experts or doctors. What you'll hear here are our own personal life experiences that we hope will help end the stigma surrounding mental health. If you ever have thoughts of worthlessness or feel suicidal please seek out professional help. You can find links to options on our About Us page at OurFracutredMinds.com.
As always, if you enjoyed the podcast, we’d love it if you’d subscribe and review the show. Thanks, and can't wait to talk with you again, next week, on Our Fractured Minds.
Dysphoria and Dysmorphia are serious issues for people who struggle from either. But, what's the difference between the two? In this episode we take a look at what makes these two conditions different, how they can be similar, how our feelings are often shaped by society as well as our own experiences with both conditions.
Remember, we are not in anyway experts or doctors. What you hear today are our own personal life experiences that we hope will help end the stigma surrounding mental health. If you ever have thoughts of worthlessness or feel suicidal please seek out professional help. You can find links to options on our About Us page at OurFracutredMinds.com.
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