Welcome to the Down For Disruption Safe Sandbox, Ladies!
Eh hem, my "Sandbox Champions" :) Yes, we are all gathering in this safe space, AKA, the "Safe Sandbox" where we support, learn, grow, and heal. What makes us Champions, you ask? Great question! Champions excel, and we do just that. We trauma survivors excel at healing. Many of us are just in progress--AND THAT'S PERFECTLY
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Anyhow, are you tired of hearing about therapy and trauma; trauma and therapy? Do you feel like your life is a very unique jigsaw puzzle that no one seems to be discussing? WELL! Im glad you raised your hand. Grab your favorite journal and sparkly red pen. This Saturday, July 1, the Down for Disruption podcast premieres and were gonna discuss all things midlife and mental health diagnosis. Thats right! Hot Flashes and Bipolar Disorder. Estate Planning and Anxiety. Schizophrenia and Empty Nesting. Colonoscopies and ADHD (yes, seriously). Hell, Divorce Depression and Broken Vibrators. Tee hee...
HUGE DISCLAIMER: Okay, so this podcast is a Very trauma intensive show. My apologies in advance. Why? Because we Gen X ladies are suffering. Everything from losing ourselves as we age with ongoing, undiagnosed/untreated mental health symptoms or just feeling flat out worthless now from a long life of feeling not good enough or invisible, entirely.
Many of us are running to keep up with this woefully, tech-driven world. Say, how many of you are latch-key kids who were so busy helping to raise other children, that you didn't really get a chance to have a childhood, yourself??? Aaaand we wonder why there are so many 48 year old's in nightclubs trying to outdrink 20 year old's. We'll discuss that.
Um, we must also talk about the unaddressed sexual trauma that applies to far too many of us, sadly. Mama worked. Or mama knew and did nothing to stop it. You weren't believed. And often blamed. Am I the only one who grew up obsessed with sex and masturbated frequently at an early age? Promiscuous from as far back as you can remember? Daddy issues totally effed up your life and every romantic relationship you got yourself into for years? Uh, huh! Me too :(
Yeah, we're gonna swan dive into symptoms and Mental Health 101. We'll uncover why the anger that's been pent up in many of us all out fueled that hurt little girl many of us still harbor. Trust, we'll make sense of who that little girl turned out to be, good or bad, and we can successfully kick a$$ during these midlife years. You get the idea.
But do not worry. Episodes 1 and 2 are for context. You'll see. And then we'll have a therapist or some other relevant professional to hang out with us in OUR "safe sandbox" to give clinical advice, actionable steps towards coping, and therapy suggestions. Believe me, my goal is NOT to make folks uncomfortable and send them running under the bed. No. Here, at Down For Disruption, we do things in the interest of emotional safety. Trust, TOGETHER, WE will heal :)
Tune in this Saturday, July 1st at 1pm with your new favorite host, the Menopausal Misbehave-her, AJ Write Mental!
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