Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads

What happens when a prescribed anxiety medication leads to years of benzodiazepine withdrawal and lasting neurological damage? In this powerful episode, D E Foster joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to reveal his 12-year journey with Klonopin, the hidden reality of Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological Dysfunction (BIND), and how mental health advocacy, mindfulness, and self-compassion can help navigate chronic anxiety and long-term healing.

Alexis Kur joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to share her journey living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), breaking mental health stigma, navigating trauma therapy, and reclaiming her identity beyond a diagnosis. Through honest conversations about mental health advocacy, personal boundaries, and redefining success, Alexis reminds us that healing begins when we stop letting others define who we are.

Amy and Avery Nubson open up about caregiver burnout, relationship strain, self-advocacy, and rebuilding a life after chronic pain changed everything. In Part 2, G-Rex and Dirty Skittles explore asking for help, finding your voice, rediscovering creativity, and creating a new version of life after trauma.

Amy and Avery Nubson share how a 2014 car accident led to chronic pain, PTSD, medical trauma, and a years-long fight to be heard by healthcare providers. In Part 1, G-Rex and Dirty Skittles explore invisible disability, men’s pelvic health, EMDR, patient advocacy, and the emotional toll of living with pain no one else can see.

Season 20 continues with Part 2 of Tiphany Kane’s story as she joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to talk about medical gaslighting, women’s health, chronic illness, and fighting to be heard. This powerful conclusion to the two-part season opener explores patient advocacy, resistant hypertension, healthcare trauma, and why mental health and physical illness can exist at the same time.

Season 20 opens with Tiphany Kane joining G-Rex and Dirty Skittles for a powerful conversation about religious trauma, rejection, reinvention, and finally finding your voice. In Part 1 of this two-part season opener, Tiphany shares how leaving a restrictive religious environment, surviving divorce, and starting over helped her stop making herself smaller.

G-Rex and Dirty Skittles close out Season 19 by reflecting on the biggest mental health lessons they learned from guests who shared stories of grief, burnout, trauma, perfectionism, resilience, and reinvention. This season finale is a raw, funny, and hopeful conversation about leaving self-doubt behind, protecting your peace, setting boundaries, and carrying more joy into whatever comes next.

John Carter opens up about long-term sobriety, forgiveness, disability, gratitude, and finding purpose after severe trauma. In Part 2, G-Rex and Dirty Skittles unpack how John rebuilt his life after addiction and prison, stayed committed to recovery, and turned his past into a message of resilience and hope.

John Carter shares how surviving a gunshot to the head led to a brutal journey through addiction, depression, prison, and ultimately recovery. In Part 1, G-Rex and Dirty Skittles explore resilience, sobriety, trauma recovery, second chances, and how John fought his way back to a life of purpose.

Noah May joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to share his journey through depression, anxiety, bullying, suicidal thoughts, and the struggle to feel like he belonged. He opens up about how podcasting, storytelling, supportive friendships, and finding his voice helped him turn pain into purpose and create a life rooted in connection and mental health advocacy.