My Good Bad Brain

This show is a wonderful look at the inner workings of humanities struggles and strengths. It reminds me that it’s okay to not be okay sometimes, that everyone feels that way at some point throughout their lives. The host has a way of including the listener that makes it feel like I’m in a conversation with my own friend group. It reminds me that I’m right where I’m supposed to be. It’s a philosophical look at life, love, and self and it’s absolutely perfect. Thanks Jarrett for creating this lovely space that feels like an intimate camaraderie between you, your friends, and the listener. It is one of my favorite podcasts to date.

Hi 🙋‍♀️ I just listened to ‘Hi I’m crazy but also fine...’ and wanted to let you know that this episode in particular felt like a little glimpse into the inner dialogue divergences and ramblings. Though from this episode it seems you’re much better at getting back on track and remember to complete your thoughts. I struggle with even remembering what the heck I was saying after rambling about 12 other things. Lol But anyways, for me your podcast gives me actual insight into adhd and anxiety based experiences - stuff I never associated with those diagnoses you made click for me. So thank you 🙏 for striving to push through the brain weasels and follow your creative urges because they are totally valuable just as you make them in any free form structure that allows forward progress. When you step back after proclaiming “done” you will begin to see the beauty and good of what you’ve put your energy into and made for all of us. ❤️

Full disclosure: I’ve only listened to a few episodes, so not sure how representative this review is of the pod overall, but here goes. I just finished listening to the interview with Nicholas Barr. The guest seemed highly knowledgeable and genuinely engaged, and the topic is of great interest to me, but the host kept interrupting the guest, over and over again throughout the nearly 2.5-hour show! The guest would start saying something that I really wanted to hear and, sure enough, the host would blurt something out, often speaking over the guest, and then just keep going on and on while the guest waited and then, not surprisingly, they’d be off on some new tangent and the thing I wanted to hear would never be revisited. This happened several times. I started to find myself getting worked up with frustration and annoyance at the mere sound of the host’s voice, and towards the end, I sensed frustration in the guest, too. The host rarely contributed anything that was interesting to me over the course of these interruptions. It seemed to me that he really loves to hear himself speak and believes his utterances quite pithy. It’s too bad. This episode had lots of potential

My neurochemistry was never an issue in my life until I presented with a painful degenerative autoimmune disorder that is commonly linked to environmental pollutants where I grew up. This meant pain management would be a part of my life for the rest of it. My unique neurochemistry interacting with opioids can alter my reality significantly. Most folks that navigate opioid neurotoxicity can stop taking Rx’s & everything goes back to normal. I will be navigating my autoimmune disorder until it kills me. A life without pain management Rx’s is not an option for me. I want to have as much mobility & independence as I can have for as long as I can. This podcast has been a really needed to reminder that there are all kinds of folks navigating neurodiverse chemistry that is beyond their control. I’m not alone, I’m not the only experiencing this or trying to navigate life with it. It’s been really hard for me to find irl community that understands this even when I explain my diagnosis & my past with it in communities. It’s more valuable than I can put a dollar amount on being able to have access to a community that is navigating their versions of the same issue & supporting each other through it. That’s why I choose to $upport #mygoodbadbrain on Patreon.