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Erin and Katie talk about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Kate Stanley!

Erin and Katie are back! We mean it this time :) The team goes deep on family and its role in mental health and mental illness. 

After a long hiatus, taking care of their own mental health, Erin and Katie are back on the podcast catching up and discussing the possibility of self-kindness. Take a listen!

Katie and Erin discuss the world of adoption with guest Miguel Caballero!     Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe! Email your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week to TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us on instagram @TotesMental

Michael Mullens joins Katie and Erin to discuss anxiety around death and dying before you accomplish everything you want.    Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe! Email your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week to TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us on instagram @TotesMental

The team (with guest Taylor) talks alcoholism and dependency: how you can fall into the habit of drinking too much, going to extremes with everything, and what happens when you quit. There's also irrational anxieties about ordering pizza and driving!    Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe! Email your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week to TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us on instagram @TotesMental

Do you ever get the feeling everyone else knows what they're doing and you're the only one faking it? Well so do Erin, Katie, and their guest Marlee, who discuss impostor syndrome on today's episode.      Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe! Email your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week to TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us on instagram @TotesMental

Katie and Erin talk to special guest Casey Wilson (SNL, Happy Endings, Bitch Sesh) about Postpartum and Perinatal Depression (PPD): the anxiety around it, the importance of support, and why Casey is considering a panic room for her home (for mostly non-PPD related reasons).

A classic, that both Katie and Erin know all too well. They discuss their own experiences as well as also go over the stats and history, and of course make fun of Freud, and recommend every book in French.   Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe! Email your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week to TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us on social media @TotesMental on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Katie and Erin review the 2012 movie Silver Linings Playbook starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. In a movie that focuses so much on mental illness, they talk about what they identify with in the characters, and what seems a little too "Hollywood"? Also, what makes JLaw so relatable?    Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe! Email your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week to TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us on social media @TotesMental on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Andy Erikson from Last Comic Standing and Scream Queens joins Katie and Erin to discuss her experience with Marfan Syndrome, Uber, and Gretchen from Recess.    Email us your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week at TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us @TotesMental on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! 

Katie and Erin are joined by Becca Velez to talk about phobias! How are they different from fears and anxieties, and how do we get them to begin with? Along with phobias, the team discusses summer camp, what exactly "clowning" is (and where you learn it), and- of course- their dogs.    Email us your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week at TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us @TotesMental on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! 

Katie and Erin explore the world of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: what it is, what it's not and where Monk fits into it all. They go into Erin's adventures in the world of OCD and figure out once and for all that Katie doesn't have it. Also on this episode: how not to make the office coffee.   Email your irrational anxieties and small victories of the week to TotallyMentalPod@gmail.com Find us on social media @TotesMental on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Your hosts are joined by their own psyches in this episode on triggers, coping mechanisms and, of course, how adorable their dogs are. Also in this episode: how do wizards communicate if they don't have owls? All of this along with irrational anxieties, victories of the week, and a brand new intro! 

The team is joined by Sumner LeVeque to discuss ADHD, all the while covering childhood coping skills, zines, hyperfocusing, and- because an episode of Totally Mental would be complete without some pet talk- Sumner’s cat.  

Allie Kahan comes on this week to talk about body image issues with Erin and Katie (and Engineer Alex!). And as you'd expect, Andrew Keegan comes up, along with the hairstyles of The Princess Bride. The team also discusses classic equestrian magazine, Horse and Hound: what exactly is it?

This week Katie and Erin go guest-free as they talk about social anxiety, what they wish they'd said that one time, and the accidental hilarity of children. 

The incredibly hilarious Rachel Almeida comes on the podcast to talk about coping with mental illness outside of therapy and medication, Disney princesses, and abnormal psychology. 

Erin and Katie research the history of three mental institutions in the UK and US and what it was like to be a mental patient back in the day. 

Erin and Katie discuss the fun rollercoaster that is living with anxiety with Alex Blomme!