The Good Boy (TIAH#338)

Elly & T discuss Episode 344, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you spent 7 years in a Thai prison?”, in which we cover all of the liquids, all of the heroin(e)(s), & how outside support can make all the difference. Brokedown Palace timecode 23:38 - 24:57Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: heroin/drug abuse and addiction, death due to drug overdose, suicide & suicide attempts, domestic violence/abuse, child SA, arrest, prison, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 343, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you were caught in a spiral of violence?”, in which we cover the anxiety and confusion brought on by disparate values, a bouquet of red flags & always choose dogs. Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: domestic abuse/violence, gun violence, suicide by gun, divorce, extra-maritial affair, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 342, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you suffered decades of excessive punishment??”, in which we cover being forged by fire, the institutions that funnel kids into incarceration & how it’s hard to fight against love.Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Forrest ChirasSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: child sexual assault allegation, assault, gunfire, gunshot/bodily injury, racism, incarceration/prison, sodomy, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 341, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you had an unquenchable thirst for danger?”, in which we cover what does it mean to “truly live”, expensive hobbies, and life and death for funsies. Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Forrest ChirasSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: death by accident, plane crash, skydiving accident/death, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 340, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you kept knocking at death’s door?”, in which we cover the fear of facing down two poorly dressed women & some rules of boating we attempt to examine but know nothing about.Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: alcohol use/abuse, child custody, divorce, robbery, grievous bodily harm, stranger danger, boating accident, medical scenes including death or near dying, explicit language, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 339, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if someone gave up everything to save you?”, in which we cover obeying signs, the stages of grief and how they will come & the blame game. Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: child SA, school/mass shootings, drowning, death, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 338, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you thought you got away with it?”, in which we cover Cartesian Doubt, orgy moms v. breakfast moms, & the power of self-belief.Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: domestic abuse, divorce, drug and alcohol use/abuse, intravenous drug use, murder & death, incarceration, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 336, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you escaped a polygamous cult?”, in which we cover pregnancy and illiteracy as weapons of control, a Sound of Music-type escape & calling a lie a lie.Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: cult, religious abuse/trauma, polygamy/plural marriage, child bride/child marriage, abuse, fraud, blood atonement/death, murder (religious & cartel), the afterlife, poverty, birth control, rape/sexual coercion, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 335, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if you were left for dead?”, in which we cover privatizing privates, the dopamine cycle of pleasure-guilt-cope & ruining everything by throwing a big fat sin shroud over it. Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: childhood sexual curiosity/touching, teen drug use, religious guilt, guns, grievous bodily assault and injury, explicit bodily injury, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elly & T discuss Episode 334, of the Podcast This Is Actually Happening, “What if your parachute didn’t open?”, in which we cover one good friend in Louisiana, crass jokes in the face of death & grieving our former selves. Hosted by: Elly Westberg & Therese GarciaEdited by: Cathy SitzesSpecial thanks to: Whit Missildine & Andrew Waits of This Is Actually HappeningContent/Trigger Warnings: childhood obesity, being in the closet, self-hatred, serious accident, serious bodily injury, falling from a plane, parachute malfunction, death, suicidal ideation, explicit languageInstagram: @traumabondedpodofficial YouTube: youtube.com/@traumabondedpodofficial Website: traumabondedpod.comWebsite by & Original Music by: Nathanael TrimboliEmail: [email protected] you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.