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Vikki returns to give us a glimpse into her secret life as a moderator for an eating disorder forum in the early 2000s. Tangents include Pro-Ana, the benefits and limitations of internet communities, grieving people you’ve never met, and how to make a personal impact.
Content warning for suicide and descriptions of eating disordered behavior (no numbers).
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Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We share listener responses to the question, “What are your triggers and how do you deal with them?” Tangents include internet bans, the cheapening of trauma, workplace horror stories, and triggering t-shirt ideas.
Content warning for discussions of weight (no numbers).
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Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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Two people pleasers talk about people pleasing and try not to step on any toes. Digressions include bicycle accidents, self-sabotage, capitalism, and micro-rebellions. Enjoy!
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Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We share listener responses to the question “How has your mental health affected your relationships?” Along the way we talk about things you can ask for in a crisis, losing nice moments to mental illness, accidentally hurting loved ones, online dating, and some of our most embarrassing stories yet. Enjoy!
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* Lauren's personal Instagram: @lauren__afh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We picked this topic just in time for the holidays! On this episode, we share some of our personal triggers and discuss ways we deal with them. Other topics include triggers as excuses, Wasted and the power of evocative content, how we feel about trigger warnings, and how to know when exposure therapy is a good idea. Enjoy!
See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @lauren__afh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We’re back…and one of us has a date! In light of this momentous occasion, we discuss what it’s like to be in relationships while struggling with chronic mental illness. Topics include filling the emptiness in your soul, talking to your partner about substance abuse and eating disorders, ghosting, and the best dating advice we’ve ever gotten. Enjoy!
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @lauren__afh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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A message from a listener sparks a conversation about ways we’ve been surviving the spectacle that has been the 2024 presidential election. In between screaming into the void and talking ourselves off a ledge, we share anecdotes from past elections and laugh through the pain. Take a deep breath and…enjoy?
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @lauren__afh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We discuss listener responses to the question “What are you in denial about?” Topics include the pitfalls of awareness, chronic mental illness, romanticizing your bad choices, and why harm reduction will fix everything. We also tell stories about shoplifting. Enjoy?
If you want to read the full essay that was published in response to this poll, you can find it on Kiki Walter’s Substack!
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @lauren__afh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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As promised, we’re changing it up this week with a movie review for spooky season! We watched The Stepford Wives (1975) with our friend Orion and talked about the horrors of patriarchy, mental illness and capitalism, the dark underbelly of psychiatry, 70s fashion, modern parallels, and more. Enjoy!
Got thoughts on this film? See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @picosauve
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We continue our conversation about acceptance, this time exploring the other side of the coin: denial. Topics include blackout stories, health updates for Pico and Christina, why Lauren hates DBT, panic attacks, and some brutal honesty. We also dig through old treatment materials and find a fatalistic (yet hilarious?) quiz. Enjoy!
Got thoughts on this topic? See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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In which we accept that we don’t always know what we’re talking about…but that’s OK! This week, we touch on control, denial, giving up, pain versus suffering, disappointment, mindfulness in a crisis, and forgiving ourselves. Tangents include rehoming pets, Benadryl, and DND. Enjoy!
Sources:
* Radical Acceptance in a Time of Uncertainty
Got thoughts on this topic? See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We discuss listener responses to the question “How do you overthink your mental health?” Topics include going through the motions, not prioritizing your health, when to push through discomfort, and when to honor your feelings. Plus, Lauren avoids politics with her family and Christina has a disability update. Enjoy!
Thank you for all who contributed this week! See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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Joining the podcast this week is Christina’s friend Effie, who talks about gender, polyamory, anti-capitalism, forming a chosen family from scratch, and so much more! Tangents include the Ren faire, graduating therapy, codependency, and a cat update.
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* Join our Facebook group: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast
* Send us an email: [email protected]
* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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In which we are incredibly self-aware and ask ourselves whether we do more harm or good by making mental health our every waking thought. Tangents include Lauren’s show, Christina’s depression, the devil, and voicemails. Enjoy!
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We discuss listener responses to the question “What did you miss out on in childhood?” Tangents include mourning lost opportunities, not being allowed to fail, parentification, curiosity, and realizing you were just a kid all along. Enjoy!
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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Christina makes Lauren read a pop psychology article and we discuss whether “Hurried Child Syndrome” is actually a thing. Topics include responsibility, perfectionism, cyclical trauma, therapy approaches, and more. Plus we’ve got voicemails, a disastrous work story from Lauren, and an attempted coup by Christina’s cats. Enjoy!
Sources:
* 3 Signs You ‘Grew Up Too Fast,’ According To A Psyschologist (Mark Travers, Forbes)
* The Hurried Child Syndrome (Pallavi R Mangrule, International Journal of Research in Paediatric Nursing)
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We discuss a controversial 1994 Lifetime movie about anorexia and find ourselves relating more than we’d like to admit. Tangents include maternity leave, To the Bone, Jennette McCurdy, and a floof war. Enjoy!
Trigger warning: This episode goes into our real life experiences with eating disorders as well as the way anorexia is brutally (realistically?) portrayed on the screen. Listen at your own discretion.
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* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We temporarily set aside our professionalism and spend Lauren’s birthday episode shooting the sh*t. Tangents include moving disasters, disclosing our weight at the DMV, poems inspired by pets who have passed, Hallmark movies about eating disorders, and—you guessed it—vaping. We’ll be back next week with our regular content, but in the meantime…enjoy?
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* Email: [email protected]
* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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Our friend Chris joins the podcast to talk about sobriety, writing, art, and lowering expectations when it comes to mental health and recovery. Tangents include toxic positivity, lists, and NaNoWriMo. Enjoy!
This episode features Christopher Robin. Here are some ways to follow him:
* Substack: Christopher Robin’s Nebulous
* Instagram: @christopher_robin79
* Etsy: ChristopherRobinArt
* Medium: Christopher Robin
* Podcast: The Unfocused Writer (on hiatus)
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* Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast
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* Facebook: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast
* Email: [email protected]
* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
* Send us spoons AKA buy us a coffee!
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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We discuss listener responses to the question “Do you feel like you have an identity?” Tangents include Christina’s birthday, fear of happiness, disability, queerness, and books. A visitor makes a surprise appearance. Enjoy!
Thanks to everyone who answered our pickle poll! See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:
* Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast
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* Facebook: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast
* Email: [email protected]
* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper
* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner
* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)
* Send us spoons AKA buy us a coffee!
Credits:
* Edited by Christina Jumper
* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive
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