Joining the podcast this week is Christina’s friend Effie, who talks about gender, polyamory, anti-capitalism, forming a chosen family from scratch, and so much more! Tangents include the Ren faire, graduating therapy, codependency, and a cat update.

See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Follow our Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Join our Facebook group: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Send us an email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive

In which we are incredibly self-aware and ask ourselves whether we do more harm or good by making mental health our every waking thought. Tangents include Lauren’s show, Christina’s depression, the devil, and voicemails. Enjoy!

See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Follow our Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Join our Facebook group: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Send us an email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive

We discuss listener responses to the question “What did you miss out on in childhood?” Tangents include mourning lost opportunities, not being allowed to fail, parentification, curiosity, and realizing you were just a kid all along. Enjoy!

See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Follow our Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Join our Facebook group: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Send us an email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive

Christina makes Lauren read a pop psychology article and we discuss whether “Hurried Child Syndrome” is actually a thing. Topics include responsibility, perfectionism, cyclical trauma, therapy approaches, and more. Plus we’ve got voicemails, a disastrous work story from Lauren, and an attempted coup by Christina’s cats. Enjoy!

Sources:

* 3 Signs You ‘Grew Up Too Fast,’ According To A Psyschologist (Mark Travers, Forbes)

* The Hurried Child Syndrome (Pallavi R Mangrule, International Journal of Research in Paediatric Nursing)

See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Follow our Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Join our Facebook group: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Send us an email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive

We discuss a controversial 1994 Lifetime movie about anorexia and find ourselves relating more than we’d like to admit. Tangents include maternity leave, To the Bone, Jennette McCurdy, and a floof war. Enjoy!

Trigger warning: This episode goes into our real life experiences with eating disorders as well as the way anorexia is brutally (realistically?) portrayed on the screen. Listen at your own discretion.

See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Subscribe to our Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Follow our Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Join our Facebook group: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Send us an email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive

We temporarily set aside our professionalism and spend Lauren’s birthday episode shooting the sh*t. Tangents include moving disasters, disclosing our weight at the DMV, poems inspired by pets who have passed, Hallmark movies about eating disorders, and—you guessed it—vaping. We’ll be back next week with our regular content, but in the meantime…enjoy?

See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Facebook: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive

Our friend Chris joins the podcast to talk about sobriety, writing, art, and lowering expectations when it comes to mental health and recovery. Tangents include toxic positivity, lists, and NaNoWriMo. Enjoy!

This episode features Christopher Robin. Here are some ways to follow him:

* Substack: Christopher Robin’s Nebulous

* Instagram: @christopher_robin79

* Etsy: ChristopherRobinArt

* Medium: Christopher Robin

* Podcast: The Unfocused Writer (on hiatus)

See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Facebook: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

* Send us spoons AKA buy us a coffee!

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive

We discuss listener responses to the question “Do you feel like you have an identity?” Tangents include Christina’s birthday, fear of happiness, disability, queerness, and books. A visitor makes a surprise appearance. Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who answered our pickle poll! See below for ways to follow us and join in the conversation:

* Substack: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Instagram: @picklesandvodkapodcast

* Facebook: Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast

* Email: picklesandvodkapodcast@gmail.com

* Christina's personal Instagram: @xtinajumper

* Christina's other podcast: field notes from crisis corner

* Lauren's personal Instagram: @laurenafh (but mostly @picosauve)

* Send us spoons AKA buy us a coffee!

Credits:

* Edited by Christina Jumper

* Theme song is Insane OK by The Whines from Free Music Archive