Phobias, fears and spiders oh no! Today 2 Mental Chix discuss mental illness at different ages. What do we go through during psychological episodes and what does it mean to be mentally ill?

Kay & Jay discuss their own maturing process and their experiences with mental illness and snakes, spiders and drugs.

Psychiatrists can’t do anything about snakes but they can help with mental illness. They also don’t do talk therapy, you’ll need a psychologist for that. You should just avoid snakes altogether.

Check out Kay & Jay’s journey with mental illness through the years.

This week on 2 Mental Chix Kay & Jay have a new guest. Al joins the group to talk about family dynamics and mental health. Trauma plays a huge part in mental health, especially trauma denied. Join us this week as we discuss our issues with trauma.

In Season 1 Episode 6 the 2 Mental Chix discuss how hormones change your whole body, and your body changes your mind.

These days doctors throw hormones around like candy as they try to practice mental health care. Hormones can cause many mood changes.

Doctors don’t communicate well with each other about our care and they rarely talk to us as patients. Not all doctors but many. Most doctors don’t even read your file or know your current medications as they prescribe even more drugs.

Stress during childhood can cause mental health issues over time. Nutrition and exercise can help hormone regulation and lead to a more normal life, whatever that is!

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There is a rich history of mental illness. It started with a wandering womb. The Greek word for uterus is hysteria which described emotionally charged behavior originally thought to happen only in women. During the Victorian era hysteria was a common diagnosis and Dr. Kellogg and a bunch of members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan in the late 1800’s. Dr. Kellogg was famous for flaked cereal and masturbation as cures for hysteria. At least they left you with a full tummy and a happy disposition. Dr. Kellogg also believe in enemas, baths and using vibrators on other muscles. Hysteria was finally removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses until 1980.

Join us as we discuss these and other interesting topics regarding the early days of mental illness and the changes in how mental health is handled.

This week Kay & Jay discuss what happens when you relapse. Jay had a rough week and fell back into old habits, so we talk through what brought her to this point and how she pulled herself back out of the bottle.

Though she fell off the wagon, she jumped back on quickly and realized that sobriety is a journey, and it is easy to let yourself down but it’s also possible to quickly recognize and stop bad habits to resume the journey.

Come with us as we discuss dealing with failure on the road to sobriety.

In this episode: Kay & Jay dive into depression. Both have a lot of experience with trauma and stress associated with depression. The story of how Jay was taken advantage of by a man using God as a shield which lead to her to the doctor for the first time is hard to believe.

When she came out of the depression after being medicated, she started to change. Kay and Jay discuss how depression affects perception, memory span, attention and intelligence. They discuss the signs of depression as well as the role of PTSD in depression.

Join us in our journey to the center of ourselves while we divulge our experiences with depression. We hope it helps you gain insight into yourself.

This week Kay & Jay talk about the role environment plays in mental state.

Do our relationships affect our cognitive state? Do our daily routines affect how we react to our environments and how are our routines and mental health connected?

Kay & Jay delve into the role of nature v. nurture and the role medications play in our daily lives.

Join us in our discussion about our mental illness as we share our experiences to help you better understand your mental state.

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In the first episode Kay & Jay introduce themselves and talk about their diagnosis of mental illness and how others deal with their diagnosed illnesses. How did their diagnosis change how they looked at their illness and how others saw them. In a frank and open episode you won't soon forget.