On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged Monkey Poo Studios

As if breaking down Grant's (mostly) cognitive distortions wasn't enough in this episode, Jay hits him with a fact about a high percentage of people don't have an inner monologue. This almost breaks Grant mentally. The comedic downward spiral and the wishful thinking that comes from the idea of not having to suffer from listening to his evil unreliable narrator is a rollercoaster of emotions, to say the least. 
You may recall that in the first official episode of the season, we quickly discussed the 15 cognitive distortions and broke down the first 5 of them and how they related to us... well in this episode we break down the next 5 and how they relate to us. Mostly Grant. 
Jay doesn't get out of this unscathed though. Grant doesn't seem to think that Jay is discriptive enough when it comes to sharing his emotions and he also admits that he's not happy, nor does he understand Jay's level of depression. Has Jay ever laid in a fetal position and cried when feeling depressed or is it just more of a Meh! feeling? 
 
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Grant @Insta_Grants2
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Does walking into a room fill you with Anxiety? Are you an immediate wallflower or do you become the life of the party? 
Anxiety can effect the way we think and present ourselves in very different ways. 
In today's episode, this conversation just happens to manifest itself. Grant admits to having an outing that he's nervous about once this weeks recording is finished, so Jay, his non social mask wearing and always filled with positivity cohost, goes along for the ride. 

Greetings dearest listener! 
This week's episode was born from an actual moment in the streets, so to speak. 
Grant arrives early for a recording session. Ginger isn't ready. He's still got a studio to clean up, kids to deal with and show notes to finish. This causes a bit of a panic. The simiple question of "What the F*** are you doing here already!?" was apparently out of line between friends of twenty years. 
A discussion ensues. 
If you'd like to get ahold of us you can do so by emailing the show OnHiatus@MonkeyPooStudios.com
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Ginger @S7evendaysageek
Grant @Insta_Grants2
The Show @PodcastHiatus
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Jay The Angry Ginger and Grant

Welcome back dear listener! Here it is... The first OFFICIAL episode of season 3! 
Grant has officially entered therapy, which means Jason is in therapy too, right? In this ep we discuss Grant's therapy sessions, his new diagnosis, thought more may be coming. Jason asks "What was it that pushed you to finally go back to therapy" and boy does Grant have an answer! 
As of this recording Grant has only been in therapy a couple of times so things are still new. About halfway through the episode Grant asks Jason why he isn't in therapy. This podcast is a form of dialogue therapy for him and while he doesn't feel a heavy burden or an urge to get something specific off his chest, he is going through a lot. This is a discussion that they will definetly return to. 
Grant was given some homework while laying on the proverbial couch and he shares that with Jason and we're sharing it with you. (link below) 
A few topics he discussed with his therapist were Cognitive Distortions and Cognitive Diffusion. We discuss the first 5 out of 15 but it was suggested that Jason take the time to do a bit of research and learn more about these examples and decide if any of them relate to him. So before they come back in a few weeks to continue this conversation (don't worry other topical episodes have already been recorded to hold you over till they circle back to this one) click the link and learn about them as well. 
15 Cognitive Distortion Examples:
https://www.mindmypeelings.com/blog/cognitive-distortions
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Twitter: The Podcast can be followed @PodcastHiatus while Grant can be reached @Insta_Grants2. Jason can be followed @s7evendaysageek
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It's been a long while, but we are back with this here episode to announce that we are coming back! That's right, a brand new season of On Hiatus with Jay and Grant is returning! 
In this "Announcment Episode" we discuss that one of us is now in therapy, complete with a diagnosis, which will get a lot more time on upcoming episodes. We have plans, we have topics and all we need is you to subscribe and listen. There's even theraputic homework that will be assigned if you'd like to take an active roll! 
Thanks for listening and helping to spread the word about On Hiatus! We're now in Therapy and we're sharing the intimate details of that with you! 

Using our first cars as a vehicle into our past, we discuss who we were at a much younger age and some of our mental health issues then... and what we've learned from then and of course what we've carried over into today.