It's just gotta be. For a while, indefinitely, maybe not ever, what's ever? IDK. Go ahead and listen and I talk through it. I also talk through some stuff around doomscroling and mental health in the main body of the pod but... yeah. It's time

holding with less fury, playing is that true, heartbreak

Dec 17th, 2020 1h 17m

Someone wrote a note asking about some severe heartbreak, they had heard the fuck breakups episode, and I jumped off of that. I kind of didn't address what they were talking about I realized after so I will return to that but hopefully there's

my grandma died so i'm talkin' through some of that

Nov 29th, 2020 45m 9s

My grandmother died. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

hi i am crazy but also fine but also crazy and extremely anxious

Nov 11th, 2020 48m 11s

I'm trying to come out of hibernation. An extremely breathing brain here. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

what is after severe trauma

Jul 7th, 2020 44m 41s

We devoted this episode entirely to one listener's question about what lies after severe trauma. The listener was sexually abused by their father though most of their family has not acknowledged this. Recently their father died and the listener

helping with anxiety

Jul 7th, 2020 48m 6s

I have bad adhd and while I certainly experience anxiety along with my depression, I have taken for granted my understanding (or more accurately lack thereof) in other people who experience really serious anxiety. So, I wanted to take this oppo

violence for the nonviolent

Jun 19th, 2020 1h 20m

Heyoooo so as the world continues in its revolutionary spirit and reactionary status quo fascists become increasingly belligerent and violent, I wanted to talk about violence again. And specifically why I think it's worth investigating violence

radicalizing

Jun 9th, 2020 56m 27s

No one's free unless everyone's free. I had a lengthy mini brain breather at the beginning of this and then you can hear me and Dr. Nick go OFF about the state of the world. I do not believe we can expect true mental health if we are not living

after cops attacked at fairfax

Jun 9th, 2020 1h 4m

hi this is a week ago sunday's livestream, from the 31st, a day after i was at fairfax and beverly when cops attacked everyone. pretty surreal, new experience. the world is changing. we talk about it.if you'd like to give money to something thi

hormones!

May 27th, 2020 58m 17s

Oh yeah babe, HORMONES, testosterone and estrogen especially. How do they affect our brains? What's the goddang deal? We talk about it and Alie was walking by and chimed in for a bit about her experiences with some hormone replacement therapy a

blackpilled masses and family systems therapy

May 27th, 2020 1h 4m

Yes this starts off with Dr. Nick and I talking about basically things inspired by all the weirdos of the world who want everyone to die for haircuts or whatever and then someone asks a question about Family Systems Therapy and specifically an

missing human touch and confronting friends

May 27th, 2020 1h 2m

Pretty much kicks off what the title says. Dr. Nick is the best and, as usual, is super helpful.If you wanna submit questions for the livestream either join us live on Sundays at 10am PST at youtube.com/jsleeper or email them to me at mygoodbad

help exists

May 27th, 2020 1h 12m

As usual we talk about a bunch of stuff and I have ADHD real bad y'know so I can't remember like all of what we talked about nor can I remember always to take notes about it so I tend to just remember the thing that stood out to me the most whi

why am i numb to kindness?

May 27th, 2020 1h 12m

Getting caught up by dropping the last month or so of livestreams FINALLY. This one starts with me talking to Dr. Nick about some weird numbing responses I have to nice things and we get a question about self-harm behavior that gets into some i

meds: running out and considering starting

Apr 20th, 2020 1h 9m

I ran out of meds last week and it resulted in a pretty interesting (and very unpleasant) experience so I talk about that and we answer some questions about studies on psychedelics and then some questions about what to do after being done with

values and boundaries: the keys to surviving your brain

Apr 20th, 2020 57m 21s

We talked a lot today about themes related to controlling your potentially damaging behaviors despite whatever your brain might be telling you about "reality". In particular related to relationships which might be experiencing difficulties due

yes but what can i DO? approaching politics and helplessness

Apr 12th, 2020 52m 22s

Hi! I'm rapidly just posting last week's show because it's time for THIS week's show again and, y'know, what even is "time management"?? On this episode, after I figure out some technical problems (natch) Dr. Nick and I got into some discussion

the notion of toxic positivity

Apr 2nd, 2020 1h 1m

Heellloooo everyone, we're back with some more livestream goodness from the depths of quarantine. I wanted to talk to Dr. Nick about the idea of TOXIC POSITIVITY and how to differentiate it from a kind of healthy positivity which I think one re

puppy or lion (managing quarantine with kids and partners)

Mar 28th, 2020 1h 2m

Hey everyone! I hope you're finding yourself well in quarantine. I know things are crazy out here so double down on self-care. This livestream found Dr. Nick fielding some questions about quarantine with kids, we talked about managing emotional

quarantine stuff, suicide risk assessment, and defining codependency

Mar 16th, 2020 1h 12m

OH yeah, we're back with Dr. Nick and the whole livestream thing. We talk about quarantine stuff, we talk about assessing suicide risk and how to help people who are deep in stuff like having anxiety attacks and answer some questions about what

the first livestream pod

Mar 14th, 2020 1h 14m

Hey everyone!This pod will be the predominate form for a while, it's a recording of our Sunday livestream at mixer.com/mygoodbadbrain with Dr. Nicholas Barr. Dr. Nick is gonna be joining us every Sunday at 10am at Mixer.com/mygoodbadbrain to do

astrology and tarot and mental health with the halfasswitch

Feb 13th, 2020 1h 28m

Hey go to mixer.com/mygoodbadbrain and just subscribe to it.... we're gonna start a livestream show on Sundays, y'all. Me and Dr. Nick Barr. More info to come.Find The Half Ass Witch on socials @halfasswitch and athttps://zeiglerteejay.wixsite.

dealing with our self-harming behavior with maria

Jan 18th, 2020 1h 13m

We've returned to a new year with the old Our Good Bad Brain format. I talk a bit about the new year and facing our cycles of relearning, and then we get into a really nice talk with Maria from Australia. She talks about anxiety, depression, bo

My Good Bad Brain Hotline 1

Dec 18th, 2019 33m 15s

The first My Good Bad Brain Hotline tape is here and I'm very very honored to share it. You guys were so generous to contribute your experiences to this tape. Your share your personal experiences with various medications, among them are prozac,

thanksgiving narratives: stolen truck, new prozac, old stories

Nov 29th, 2019 40m 22s

Hey y'all. A bunch has happened in my personal life since we last spoke, so here's me reflecting on a bunch of it. I started a new antidepressant after a bit of an episode possibly precipitated by some cannabis sobriety. My truck got stolen. I