For the very first episode, Jess and Megan discuss the classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, including the realities of institutional employment, the traumatic experiences of carceral healthcare, and also- how did that room get trashed so quickly? Sources for this episode:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. IMDB.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Film). Wikipedia.Andrews, Tristan. "The Combine in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Internet Public Library. Link. Connor,  (2011.) "Chief Bromden Through Indigenous Eyes." USF Scholarship: A Digital Repository. Link.Kesey, K. (1992). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Penguin Putnam. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

It's spooky season so let's check out this very dark documentary about Staten Island, the Willowbrook Institution, and urban legends. Jess and Megan discuss the dangers of hearsay, the community need for scapegoats, and what the heck they think happened to those missing kids. Triggers abound!  Sources for this episode:Cropsey. IMDB.Nemiroff, P. (2010). "Interview: Cropsey Directors Josh Zeman And Barbara Brancaccio." CinemaBlend. Link.Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

It's the classic institutional movie! Set in the 60s, Girl, Interrupted is filmed decades later with some of the ninety-est stars ever. Jess and Megan get into stigmatized diagnoses, what people do all day when they are in treatment, and their opinions on the most triggering haircuts. Sources for this episode: Girl, Interrupted. IMDB. Kaysen, Susanna. (1993). Girl, Interrupted. Turtle Bay Books. Linehan, Marsha (2020). Building a Life Worth Living. Random House.Mann, Thomas (1924). The Magic Mountain. Behavioral Tech Institute. "The Role of Emotion Regulation in DBT." Link. Carey, B.  "Expert in Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight." New York Times. June 23, 2011 Link. National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (UK) "Borderline Personality Disorder: Treatment and Management." NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 78.Leicester (UK): British Psychological Society (UK); 2009. Link.  NA. "From Sanctuary to Snake Pit: The Rise and Fall of Asylums." New Scientist. 2009. Link. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Talking about the  GOAT for dramatic television, this episode focuses on Season 2 Episode 3 of Breaking Bad, wherein one Walter White fakes a fugue state. Jess and Megan get into dissociative states, the Skylar White hate, duty to warn laws, and more! Sources for this episode: IMDB. Breaking Bad Season 2 Episode 3: Bit by a Dead Bee. Link. Aviv, Rachel. "How a Young Woman Lost Her Identity." The New Yorker, March 26 2018. Link. Gunn, Anna. "I Have a Character Issue." The New York Times, Aug 23 2013. Link. Meslow, Scott. "The Big Secret of 'Breaking Bad': Walter White Was Always a Bad Guy." The Atlantic, August 31 2012. Link. Understanding Music. "What is a Fugue?" Youtube, uploaded 11/05/2023. Link. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Getting into the absurd mess that is the Netflix film Clinical, Jess and Megan discuss the misrepresentation of therapists in the media, and what this film could have maybe, sort of, been like if it accurately depicted therapy in even the slightest way.  Listen for the giggles and get prepped for a holiday-themed thriller.  Sources for this episode: IMDB. Clinical. Link. Singer, M. T. and Lalich, J. (1996). Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? Foa, Edna. (2007). Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD. Harned, Melanie S. (2022). Treating Trauma in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: The DBT Prolonged Exposure Protocol (DBT-PE). Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Ho ho ho! It's a double feature full of grumpy delight! Join Jess and Megan as they normalize your holiday stressors and break down the holiday classic Bad Santa along with the pandemic present of Happiest Season. Grab your sandwiches, drink some egg nog, and cozy up with our newest episode. Sources for this episode: IMDB. Bad Santa. Link. IMDB. Happiest Season.Link. West, Lindy. (2020). Shit, Actually.  Link. Dunphy, Jack. "The Importance of Bad Santa in the Wake of a Friend’s Death." Talkhouse. July 18, 2019. Link. Kirouac, M. and Witkiewitz, K. "Identifying 'Hitting Bottom' among Individuals with Alcohol Problems: Development and Evaluation of the Noteworthy Aspects of Drinking Important to Recovery (NADIR)." Subst Use Misuse. 2017 Oct 15; 52(12): 1602–1615. Link. SWNS. "Study Finds What Makes the Perfect Sandwich." New York Post. July 21, 2023. Link. Pachankis, J.E., Jackson, S.D.,  Fetzner, B.K.,  Mahon, C.P. and Bränström, R. "Sexual Orientation Concealment and Mental Health: A Conceptual and Meta-Analytic Review."  Psychol Bull. 2020 Oct; 146(10): 831–871. LinkKiekens, W.J.,  Mereish, E.H., "The Association Between Daily Concealment and Affect Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Family and Peer Support."Journal of Adolescent Studies. Volume 70, Issue 4, April 2022, Pages 650-657 Link. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Thanks for being part of our podcast! To celebrate over 500 downloads, we have a Bonus episode! Jess and Megan discuss their takes on triggers and glimmers, holiday music, and more. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Jess and Megan are back after a break for cold weather, holiday travel, and, yes, even more apocalyptic dread. We know it's terrible out there, everyone, and we continue to do all we can to show up in our lives in mindful, thoughtful ways, including how we position ourselves for change and advocacy. We continue to turn to this podcast as a fun project. We hope it can provide some levity for you, too. In this episode, your podcast hosts discuss Season 2, Episode 10, this poignant episode of Ted Lasso, which tackles huge topics, including death, adultery, suicide, and ill-fitting shoes. Jess and Megan also discuss research and treatment related to panic attacks, the therapeutic approaches of Dr. Sharon, and which Ted Lasso characters they'd most like to hang with. Sources for this episode: IMDB. Ted Lasso Season 2 Episode 10: No Weddings and a Funeral. Link. A Really Important and Pertinent Article. Link. Cackovic, C., Nazir, S., Marwaha, R. (2019). Panic Disorder. Stat Perls Publishing. Link. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) Link. Nwosu, A. Boardman, S. Husain, M.M., Doraiswamy, P.M. "Digital therapeutics for mental health: Is attrition the Achilles heel?" Frontiers is Psychiatry, 05 August 2022. Link. Yonh-Ku Kim, "Panic Disorder: Current Research and Management Approaches." Psychiatry Investigation, 2019 Jan 25. Link. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Attempting to understand the 2023 film Saltburn, Jess and Megan discuss the diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder, Greek mythology, mounds of dirt, style over substance, and much more. Sources: Frazier, Issac. "'Saltburn' Review (Spoilers Ahead): Class up-fighting or psychopathy?" The Valley Forge. Link"A psychopath lacks empathy just like a person with frontal head injury, study suggests." Science Daily. Link Johnston, Dais. "The Wildest Thriller of 2023 Stole Its Big Twist From a Violent Greek Myth." Inverse. LinkBlack, Donald. "The Natural History of Antisocial Personality Disorder." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. LinkCullen, Dave. Columbine. Book LinkSiber, Kate. "You Don't Look Anorexic" (NY Times write-up on Atypical Anorexia and eating disorders not having "a look") LinkThank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

The 1975 film Jaws reveals so much about trauma, bureaucratic incompetence, lack of parental supervision, and of course, the insides of a shark's stomach. Join Megan and Jess as they discuss the making of Jaws,  growing up with this classic story, and what an animatronic shark can teach us about fear. Sources: "Jaws." IMDB. Link. Forcen, Fernando Espi. "Jaws and Cinematic Neurosis That Persists." Psychiatric Times. Link. Minkin, Tracy. "'Jaws Trivia': 20 Things You Didn't Know About Jaws." AARP. Link. Phillips, Ian. "Stephen Spielberg said that making 'Jaws' gave him PTSD- but it also saved his career." Business Insider. Link. Rennie, Daniel. "Revisiting Bruce, The Malfunctioning Animatronic Shark That Made 'Jaws' A Horror Classic." Bold Entrance. Link. "PTSD: National Center for PTSD." Link. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

What's there to say about a mobster and a psychoanalyst? Well, Jess and Megan have a few thoughts. Join them as they discuss Season 6, Episode 20: The Blue Comet, the penultimate episode of the beloved series. Besides many shootings, The Blue Comet also reveals how the relationship between Tony Soprano and Dr. Melfi ends. In Part I, we delve into the ethical considerations of the therapist dinner coversation and the psychopath article read by Dr. Melfi with rapt attention. Sources:"The Sopranos: Season 6: Episode 20: The Blue Comet." IMDB. Link."The Sopranos But Just Gabagool." Youtube. Abramson, Ashley. "When Therapy Comes to an End." The American Psychological Association.  Link.Breen, Matt. "The Sopranos: A Pioneering Portrayal of Men's Mental Health." Den of Geek. Link. Diaz, Madison. "The Sopranos is as Much About Mental Health as It Is About Crime." CBR. Link. Gutheil, Thomas G. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Terminating Therapy Before Things Get Out of Hand." Psychiatric Times. Link. Funicelli, Allison. "Avoiding Abandonment Claims: How to Properly Terminate Clients from Your Practice." Psychiatric News. Link.  Lahut, Jake. "'The Sopranos': How a Psychiatric Narrative Made TVs Golden Age." The Wesleyan Argus. Link. Lattanzio, Ryan. "'The Sopranos' star Lorraine Bracco didn't like Dr. Melfi's abrupt exit." Indiewire. Link.Noveck, Jocelyn. "Forget the violence, 'Sopranos' violated therapists' ethics." Star News Online. Link. Schaeffer, J. "A Structured Approach to Processing Clients' Unilateral Treatment Decisions." The American Journal of Psychotherapy. Link. Schwartz, Drew. "We Asked Psychiatrists if Tony Soprano's Shrink Is Good at Her Job." Vice. Link. Yocheson, Samuel, Samenow, Stanton. The Criminal Personality.Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

We have so much to say about The Sopranos that we had to split this into two episodes! Join us as we continue our discussion of Season 6, Episode 20: The Blue Comet, the penultimate episode of the beloved series.  In Part II, we look at Dr. Melfi's abrupt firing of Tony Soprano, important ethical considerations for therapy termination, and our opinions of what the heck happened. We also discuss triggers and glimmers for this episode. Sources:"The Sopranos: Season 6: Episode 20: The Blue Comet." IMDB. Link."The Sopranos But Just Gabagool." Youtube. Abramson, Ashley. "When Therapy Comes to an End." The American Psychological Association.  Link.Breen, Matt. "The Sopranos: A Pioneering Portrayal of Men's Mental Health." Den of Geek. Link. Diaz, Madison. "The Sopranos is as Much About Mental Health as It Is About Crime." CBR. Link. Gutheil, Thomas G. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Terminating Therapy Before Things Get Out of Hand." Psychiatric Times. Link. Funicelli, Allison. "Avoiding Abandonment Claims: How to Properly Terminate Clients from Your Practice." Psychiatric News. Link.  Lahut, Jake. "'The Sopranos': How a Psychiatric Narrative Made TVs Golden Age." The Wesleyan Argus. Link. Lattanzio, Ryan. "'The Sopranos' star Lorraine Bracco didn't like Dr. Melfi's abrupt exit." Indiewire. Link.Noveck, Jocelyn. "Forget the violence, 'Sopranos' violated therapists' ethics." Star News Online. Link. Schaeffer, J. "A Structured Approach to Processing Clients' Unilateral Treatment Decisions." The American Journal of Psychotherapy. Link. Schwartz, Drew. "We Asked Psychiatrists if Tony Soprano's Shrink Is Good at Her Job." Vice. Link. Yocheson, Samuel, Samenow, Stanton. The Criminal Personality.Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Jess and Megan discuss the latest season of the show True Detective. Full of cold frights, complex characters, and indigenous representation, Episode 4 of the series introduces mental health topics like voluntary placements and cultural views on hallucinations. In this episode we also get into bro complaints, bias within the mental health system, the psychological challenge of living in the dark, and MORE.  Rest assured, no jumpscares to be found here, but there are lots of triggers, twitches, and glimmers! Sources:True Detective: Night Country. IMDB. Link.  "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women." Native Hope. Link. He, Sirena. "True Detective Night Country: We Asked a Psychologist About the Series." Esquire. Link.  Acuna, L. "The 'True Detective: Night Country' showrunner wants you to decide what actually happened in the finale." Business Insider. Link. Jarvis, E. et al. "Culture and Psychosis in Clinical Practice." A Clinical Introduction to Psychosis. Link. Jones, N., and Luhrmann, T.M. "Providing Culturally Competent Care: Understanding the Context of Psychosis." Psychiatric Times. Link. Laroi, F. et al. "Culture and hallucinations: overview and future directions." Schizophrenia Bulletin. Link. Robb-Dover, Chrisina. "Vountary vs Involuntary Commitment in Rehab (and other questions about inpatient mental health treatment." FHE Health. Link.Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Prepare yourself for some bad wigs as we discuss the family drama The Iron Claw (2023) which follows the unceasing tragedies of the supposedly cursed Von Erich wrestling clan. We'll be discussing our love for Zac Efron love as well as research about about brain health, family trauma, suicide, and more. This is a heavy one but you know us- we'll always give you a heads up about what's to come. "The Iron Claw" IMDB. Link. Here's what you didn't see about the Von Erich family in "The Iron Claw" - Link.The Complicated True Story Behind The Iron Claw Villain Fritz Von Erich - Link.List of premature professional wrestling deaths - Link.The dark world of pro-wrestling: Suicide, murder and chronic pain - Link.Zac Efron Rides Again - Link.Familial clustering of suicide risk: a total population study of 11.4 million individuals - Link.Child abuse linked to risk of suicide in later life - Link.Here’s what we know about head trauma in pro wrestling - Link.For fun - Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson with puppies! - Link.Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Chaotic family fights, a very messy kitchen, and that damn fork! Megan and Jess break down the star-studded  Season 2, Episode 6 of The Bear, called Fishes, possibly the most anxiety-provoking episode of TV ever. We discuss toxic family systems and the cost one can pay when choosing to go low-contact or no-contact with family. Sources for this episode:Gibson, Lindsay. Adult Children of Emotionally IMmature Parents. Link to Book. Suicide Prevention Alliance About Suicide Language. Link."I worked in Michelin star kitchens. The Bear's depiction of trauma is painfully real." Bon Appetit. Link "How 'Fishes' Came Together." Los Angeles Times. Link."Its Okay to Cut Ties with Toxic Family Members." PsychCentral.Link. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.

Megan and Jess get into Jordan Peele's debut film Get Out (2017), a horror film about the dangers lurking within a liberal white community. We discuss hypnotherapy, consent, and the attention paid (or not paid) to missing persons. It's a lot of talk about race, triggers, cute dogs, and more. And please, put your cereal in a bowl! Sources:Get Out (2017). IMDB. Link  How real Life Horrors In Get Out Relate to Trust in Therapy. Good Therapy. Link Get Out Confronts the Intersectionality of Race and Mental Health. The Bowdoin Orient. Link. The Mental Health Component of the Horror Film Get Out. Blavity. Link. The Disturbing Truth That Makes Get Out Disturbingly Plausible. Slate. Link. The Inclusion Solution: The Use of Blackface in Jordan Peele's Get Out. Link. 'I'd Never Seen my Fears as an African-American Man Onscreen', The New York Times. Link. Thank you for listening! Please like, rate, and review us wherever you listen to your podcasts. Find us on social media @imtriggeredpod or send us an email with questions or reqests imtriggeredpod@gmail.com. Edited by our favorite @feelyhuman, Nōn Wels.Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions about your situations and/ or conditions.