11: Laura: what the book got wrong

Update: 2021-03-07

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CONTENT WARNING: Suicidal and homicidal thoughts

Hello and welcome to this very special episode of My Shit Therapist And Other Mental Health Stories with me Michelle Thomas

The paperback version of my book, also titled My Shit Therapist And Other Mental Health Stories is out on Monday 8th March. So you can have my words in your eyes for less. Do give it a whirl, you’ll like it I promise. Available now at all good bookshops and all bad multinational corporations.

I’m also publishing an epilogue in the e-book (not the paperback) explaining what happened when today’s guest Laura got in touch with me to communicate, very gently and lovingly, how I’d got something wrong in my book.

I made a mistake and Laura very graciously gave me the opportunity to first of all sincerely apologise for the very legitimate hurt I’d caused her personally, and learn and make amends and I’m very thankful to her for that. You’ll hear more about that in our talk.

This episode comes with a Class 1 trigger warning – we’re doing to be discussing in graphic details Laura’s experience with suicidal thoughts, and homicidal thoughts that were directed at her husband and baby. If you have any reservations about listening to this today, please feel free to tap out and join us another time.

As bleak and as painful as Laura’s experience is, her resilience and the love that radiates from her towards her husband and now almost teenage daughter is an absolute joy and privilege to witness having heard what she had to fight through to get where she is today.

I hope you love it. I’d to hear your thoughts - tag me at myshittherapist on twitter or email my shit therapist at gmail.com.

For advice about post-natal mental health, search PANDAS Foundation UK.

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