Episode 29 - Interview with Jeannie Mecorney - (Comically Exposed) Podcast Details

Description

Trigger warning: child abuse and sexual assault are discussed but not described in this episode.

Interview with Jeannie Mecorney, an artist, cartoonist, memoirist and Gabbie’s mom. Jeannie chats with us about life after retirement and finally owning the blank page to work that brings her joy and the ability to reflect on her mentals. She is working on her most personal work a graphic memoir about growing up with a father diagnosed with schizophrenia. Also outside of being mom to Gabbie and Miriam, she is most known for her sharp, witty and funny single panel cartoon, Chicken Scratch.

//More about Jeannie//

Substack: @chickenscratchcomics

Website: mecorney.com

Bio: comicallyexposed.com/person/jeannie-mecorney

//Therapy acronyms mentioned//

DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Four (or Five) F’s: fight, flight, freeze, fawn (and flock)

//Therapy terms mentioned//

anxiety, boundaries, child abuse, depression, generational trauma, intrusive thoughts, rape, schizophrenia, self-care, self-compassion, sexual assault, shame, toxic masculinity, trauma

//Links to resources mentioned//

988: https://988lifeline.org/get-help

Adult Children of Alcoholics and Other Dysfunctional Families: https://adultchildren.org

Adverse Childhood Experiences: https://www.acesaware.org

Graphic Medicine: Graphic Novels on Mental Illness: https://www.graphicmedicine.org

International OCD Foundation (iocdf): https://iocdf.org

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): https://www.nami.org

Sequential Artists Workshop: https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org

Correction: Author mentioned was not David Watkins, but Pete Walker.

Complex PTSD by Pete Walker: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781977338150-complex-ptsd

//Connect with Gabbie and Heather//

Instagram: @comicallyexp.podcast