Saint Dymphna’s Playbook
Here to fill the void in Catholic conversations about mental health.
We found 4 episodes of Saint Dymphna’s Playbook with the tag “abuse”.
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93: Do I Use My Mental Health As a Crutch?
August 28th, 2021 | Season 5 | 20 mins 21 secs
abuse, involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, saint sharbel makhlouf, transgenderism
Tommy talks about involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, introduces listeners to Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, and answers listener questions about how to respond to someone who says we use our mental health symptoms as a crutch, if we should pray for our abusers who have died, and how to interact with an adult child who identifies as transgender.
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90: I Feel Like A Fraud!
July 3rd, 2021 | Season 4 | 19 mins 42 secs
abuse, blessed jutta of thuringia, emdr, faith, feelings, forgiveness, therapy
Tommy talks about the therapeutic approach known as EMDR, introduces listeners to Blessed Jutta of Thuringia, and answers listener questions about how faith and feelings go together, how to navigate being asked to help at the parish when we don't feel good enough, and what forgiveness means in the context of healing after abuse.
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49: Kim Kardashian and Saint Vincent de Paul
August 15th, 2020 | Season 3 | 18 mins 49 secs
abuse, harm ocd, kim kardashian, orthorexia, saint vincent de paul
Tommy talks about Kim Kardashian's recent comments about mental illness, discusses a study on breathing techniques from Yale, shares a story about Saint Vincent de Paul, and answers listener questions about orthorexia, navigating a relationship while experiencing Harm OCD, and how to heal after experiencing abuse from a helping professional.
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48: Just Do Your Dishes!
August 8th, 2020 | Season 3 | 19 mins 44 secs
abuse, blessed laura vicuña, dissociation, manic episodes
Tommy talks about how making your bed won't fix your mental illness and discusses how to cope with dissociation, introduces listeners to Blessed Laura Vicuña, and answers listener questions about to help a loved one be open to mental health treatment, what a manic episode looks like, and how to navigate a friend sharing news about a history of abuse.