ANYONE F'COFFEE? - Episode the Eleventh - PTSD / ANXIETY / DEPRESSION - TRIGGERED

Well Hallo folks

Do wear a mask in public places :)

So! We are on to episode 11 of this audio grooviness, ANYONE F'COFFEE - funded by the PULSE Award / Wellcome Trust and Britpod awards....this very aural delight is designed and built to be a useful insightful moving listen - encompassing real life story, medical professional advice on where and how to get help, and some verbatim and dramatised audio fiction on 5 different medical issues women - and some other folks - suffer from...daily....this pain often unseen. Hidden.

We continue this week looking at PTSD / Anxiety / Depression.

I must make clear that the traumatic event affecting characters and people in this show was a sexual assault, so please be aware of that before you listen if this will in any way affect you. Thank you.

Flo is found in hibernation mode at home, and tells of her gentle trauma at even seeing folks who remind her of the man who sexually assaulted her, and the girls rally round to support her. In Diane's interview she recounts thoughts and feelings about therapy, about being proactive and positive, and Kylie Salholm give us advice on how folks suffering this mental health issue can help themselves..

The WHOLE point of me and my audio pals making this is to encourage you to empower yourself to get help, to make the first steps in recognising that you need help if you need it, and to nurture friends and family and a sense of community, whatever your condition - healthy or otherwise.

We are all on this crazy planet for such a short time....I feel we should be better at communicating and speaking and helping each other - especially now.
I hope you feel the same way too, and reach out to other folks, or to networks on our Quirky Voices website links here.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY CAST OF AUDIO JOY
Lucy Shirley as Rachel
Lara Parker as Gabby
Kirstin Stansfield as Freya
I play Charlie
and the amazing Diane Alexander as Flo, and herself in the interview.

The wonderful Kylie Salholm is our medical professional who is a practicing Psychological Therapist, (BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist, IPT Therapist, RMN and works for an NHS Trust in secondary care =More than qualified to help us fathom in this episode where and how to find help and information.

Please do email us to quirkyvoices@gmail.com to let us know what you think of this podcast, to contact any of the participants or to share any of your own story!

Would also love you to share this show on all your social media and feel free to add @quirkyvoices to your friends list!

Thanks to Matt Hutt and Zak Lemon for groovy music

Thanks to James Hudson for Pachelbel's Canon in D played so beautifully

and thanks to my executive producer Fiona who shines up my rough cuts! Please check out all her work on Dashing Onions Audio here.

Thank all Of you for listening - if you have the time and inclination, we would truly love a review or rating on any podcast platform! Ah gwan! Thanks muchly

Here’s those links to the audio fiction shows I mentioned today

Y2k - Awesome Romantic Drama
Bright Sessions - Supernatural Drama of awesome
Fall of the house of sunshine / Brushtown Stories - Awesome musical and quirky comedy and drama - don't miss it