Podcasts about dying ten times

We hear a lot of talk in the media these days about mental illness. In fact, this podcast frequently covers the topic with the goal of understanding the disease and supporting those who struggle with a mental disorder. But there can be a lot of confusion about what qualifies as mental illness. Sometimes, it's used as an excuse for everything from mass shootings to road rage. And while that may be true in some specific instances, we're seeing it used today, for example, as a shield for hate crimes, anti-semitism, and mass murder. For many who suffer day-in and day-out with crippling depression, anxiety, and other forms of debilitating mental illness, these individuals often can't even get out of bed in the morning. They're not focused on committing crimes.   Sometimes severe depression can't be controlled by traditional means. In June of 2019, Florine interviewed author and well-known “mommy blogger,” Heather Armstrong, who described how her crippling depression made it impossible to even get out of bed in the morning or take a shower. Nothing Heather tried relieved her symptoms. Medication didn't help. Therapy didn't help and her substance abuse issues only contributed to the problem. By 2017, Heather was so desperate that she participated in an experimental treatment protocol that left her clinically brain-dead for several minutes at a time. Her memoir entitled, The Valedictorian of Being Dead, tells how the experimental procedure helped to, at least temporarily, alleviate her symptoms. Heather's bravery and openness in sharing the most painful aspects of her life proved to be an inspiration to many and led to her being named one of Forbes' List of Most Influential Women. But perhaps because there's a lot of shame and stigma surrounding the disease of mental illness, Heather's openness in sharing her struggles also made her a frequent target of online trolls. Sadly, during the pandemic, Heather suffered a relapse and on May 9th of this year, Heather took her own life. She was only 47 years old and left behind two teenage daughters. Heather's deteriorating mental state became evident in her spiraling blog posts and her words provoked online trolls who subjected Heather to horrific online bullying about every aspect of her life.   It's important to remember cruelty and bullying only make a bad situation worse. Instead of ostracizing, mocking, and abusing those who are struggling, let's recognize that the most vulnerable members of our society need our compassion, understanding, and grace, and as a memorial tribute, please listen to Florine's interview with Heather Armstrong. And remember that every single day is a gift and when you are at your lowest point, remember that this too shall pass. If you truly are having suicidal thoughts, please reach out and pick up the phone. Help is only a phone call away. Please call the National Suicide Prevention hotline at 800-273-8255.   Brought to You By: Gardner White Furniture   Mentioned in This Episode: Heather Armstrong  Heather Armstrong IG Dooce.com The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live, by Heather B. Armstrong  

In this episode, Brooke, Kristeen, Kristin, and Natalia share some of their favorite reads of 2019. Books mentioned are: Katherine Center, Things You Save In a Fire Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Emily R. King, The Hundredth Queen (The Hundredth Queen #1) Cynthia Hand, The How and the Why Saundra Mitchell, All the Things We Do In the Dark Lisa Jewell, The House We Grew Up In J. E. Pinto, The Bright Side of Darkness Lucy Dawson, White Lies Joshilyn Jackson, Never Have I Ever Rachel Lippincott, Five Feet Apart Dhonielle Clayton, The Belles (The Belles #1) Christina McDonald, The Night Olivia Fell Clare Mackintosh, After the End Kathleen Glasgow, Girl In Pieces J.D. Robb, Vendetta In Death (In Death #49) Karen Rose, Say You're Sorry (Sacramento #1) Yasmine Galenorn, The Wild Hunt series Meredith Russo, Birthday Jennifer Weiner, Mrs. Everything Emily X.R. Pan, The Astonishing Color of After Heather Armstrong, The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live Sarah Pinsker, A Song for a New Day Megan Haskell, The Last Descendent (Sanyare Chronicles #1) Tracy Banghart, Grace and Fury (Grace and Fury #1) J.R. Ward, The Black Dagger Brotherhood series Angie Thomas, On the Come Up Adele Parks, I Invited Her In Alex Lake, The Last Lie Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours Colleen Hoover, Verity Emilie Richards, The Swallow's Nest Helen Hoang, The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) Lisa Edmonds, Alice Worth seriesYou can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro.

Topic: Is death all love and light when you get to the other side? Maybe so, but if you’re a severely depressed person maybe you don’t actually have to be on the other side to finally experience the happiness you’re missing. We’ll talk to Heather Armstrong, author of “The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live”. If you are severely depressed or know someone in that situation you want to hear this. Website: Dooce.com

  Heather B. Armstrong was what they called a mommy blogger before that became a thing. That turned into influencer marketing and she could not take it anymore. She found herself in a deep depression that had her contemplating taking her own life. She tried a clinical trial at the University of Utah’s Neuropsychiatric Institute, where she was put in a chemically induced coma for 15 minutes at a time for 10 sessions. She writes about it in her new book titled, The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live.

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Storm of Locusts, Ragged Alice, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Ritual Vitamins, and FabFitFun. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live by Heather B. Armstrong Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World) by Rebecca Roanhorse Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor  Ragged Alice by Gareth L. Powell Flowers of Mold & Other Stories by Ha Seong-nan, Janet Hong (translator)  The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala The Last Job: "The Bad Grandpas" and the Hatton Garden Heist by Dan Bilefsky The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott What we're reading: If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig The Den by Abi Maxwell More books out this week: Dawn: Stories by Selahattin Demirtas Camp by Kayla Miller Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by S. J. Goslee The Summer Retreat (A Moonlight Harbor Novel) by Sheila Roberts Stone Mothers: A Novel by Erin Kelly Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness This searing light, the sun and everything else: Joy Division: The Oral History by Jon Savage Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country by Simon Winder A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher The Pandora Room: A Novel by Christopher Golden Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales by Oliver Sacks Dante and the Early Astronomer: Science, Adventure, and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens by Tracy Daugherty A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G and J.R. Zuckerberg Any Other Place: Stories by Michael Croley Everything About You by Heather Child The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth The First True Thing by Claire Needell D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose Emily Eternal by M. G. Wheaton Courting Mr. Lincoln: A Novel by Louis Bayard Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan If I'm Being Honest by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney The Heartland: An American History by Kristin L. Hoganson Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl Hide and Seek by Mary Burton The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates Fumbled (Playbook, The Book 2) by Alexa Martin Hope for the Best (Chronicles of St Mary's) by Jodi Taylor A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution by Marianne Williamson William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls (Pop Shakespeare) by Ian Doescher and Kent Barton