Category: Whats The Matter With Me? Podcast
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Writing Fundraiser Scripts
The annual fundraiser is coming up at KFJC starting at the end of the month. I’ve been recording fundraiser spots for about 6 years. my first one was about a person taking a taxi. I do one or two a year. I always enjoy writing, and every good spot starts with the script. This year,…
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Under a Martian orange sky
Get The Whole Story: Please check the Microvascular Decompression tag page to hear all the updates about my MVD surgery. I saw the surgeon who performed my microvascular decompression surgery. I went to my Ukrainian dentist a couple of weeks ago, she is the one I called, “The Iron Curtain.” I am not in trigeminal…
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Touchbase
Still under lockdown. Touching base with the podcast, stirring the pot.
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Using Our Voice Makes It Stronger
Disabled voices are just like regular voices, just like anybody. Using our voice makes it stronger, and it’s doubly true for disabled people who’ve been disenfranchised, and hidden away, and censored.
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Compounded Trauma
Compounded trauma is when things make us upset, because they remind us of traumatic situations that we’ve experienced before, causing us to relive them. When I feel this way, naming the feelings I am having, and explicitly connecting them, can be a way to overcome them. The thing is, my wife likes creepy stuff. I…