About this episode

The episode discusses the consequences of ignoring pain and features insights from the Therapy Brothers on emotional awareness and recovery.

What happens when we ignore pain? Particularly if you’re a man, you have been taught that pain is the enemy – perhaps it is unmanly even to feel it – so you soldier on ‘it’s not that bad.’ or ‘it will go away if I can get a good holiday’ and you find ways to manage the pain. Women are often just as guilty – thinking ‘people are relying on me, I must keep it together’. After a while, we don’t really notice the pain – it’s like the hum of the fridge – always there. We sort of know that a problem ignored seldom gets better but we plough on – sometimes in blissful ignorance – until there is a crisis and our world comes tumbling down. My guests today are experts in what happens when it is impossible to stop pretending. Tyler and Brandon Patrick are brothers – Therapy Brothers (with a podcast of the same name). Tyler is a licensed marital and family therapist and Brandon is a licensed clinical social worker. They specialise in addiction and affair recovery….. If You’re Looking for More…. You can subscribe to The Meaningful Life (via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts) and hear a bonus mini-episode every week. Or you can join our Supporters Club on Patreon to also access…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew G. Marshall

Guests: Tyler Patrick, Brandon Patrick

Topics covered

• pain management
• mental health
• addiction recovery
• emotional awareness
• gender roles

Keywords

• pain
• mental health
• addiction
• therapy
• emotional awareness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Therapy Brothers

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