
This Could Get Dark
By This Could Get Dark

This Could Get DarkJul 16, 2021

7/24/2017
In the season 1 finale Lauren and Bethany are joined by a special guest, Brice, to share the story of his son Greyson. He graciously shares the male's perspective of miscarriage, child loss and how he and his family grieved, healed and honor their son.
Resources
Hopeful Hearts Support Organization: http://www.3hopefulhearts.com
Postpartum Mental Health Help for Dads: https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/help-for-dads/
Postpartum Healthline: 1-800-944-4773 (4PPD)
Loss and Grief in Pregnancy and Postpartum Support: https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/loss-grief-in-pregnancy-postpartum/

The Bottom Of The Lake
Bethany explains, in more detail than ever before, the trauma of her daughter's birth and her struggle with postpartum depression.
Resources: EPDS Test - https://psychology-tools.com/epds/
PPD HelpLine - https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
Prenatal Depression Information - https://www.beaumont.org/conditions/prenatal-depression
Baby Blues Information - https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/first-year-of-life/baby-blues-71032/
Depression during and after pregnancy information from the CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/features/maternal-depression/index.html
Mom's Mental Health matters - https://www.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep/initiatives/moms-mental-health-matters/moms
Postpartum support international - https://www.postpartum.net/
Call the PSI HelpLine:
1-800-944-4773

Doesn't Everyone Panic In The Dark?
In this week's episode, we hear Bethany's PTSD diagnosis and the specific therapy that has helped her through.
*TRIGGER WARNING: Sensitive Content
Book: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Website: https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/ptsd
*Click here to see Bethany's Documents*

Peaks and Valleys, Man!
This week we dive into Lauren and Bethany's shared diagnosis of bipolar. Lauren then blows Bethany's mind with some facts revolving around the advancement in the diagnosis.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
https://www.dbsalliance.org/
WebMD Bipolar Disorder
https://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/guide/bipolar-disorder-forms

The End of The Beginning
In our final episode of the Genogram and Shadow Work MiniSode Series, Bethany explains what a worth exercize is and tells us how hers went. Everyone cries and Mister joins for a bit.
Recommended Shadow Work Journal: https://www.etsy.com/listing/982950913/illuminare-shadow-work-workbookjournal

It's The Step Before The Libido
Lauren and Bethany are joined by a special guest to talk though functional medicine as an alternative to psychiatric medications.
Mark Hyman
https://drhyman.com/brokenbrain/
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Recipes-Pegan-Gluten-free-Dairy-free-More/dp/0316453137/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=mark+hyman&qid=1619406912&s=books&sr=1-5
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IICN1F8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Vagus Nerve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve#:~:text=The%20vagus%20nerve%2C%20historically%20cited,referred%20to%20in%20the%20singular.

You Can’t Only Be The Victim
In today's episode, Lauren makes an announcement about her mental health journey and explains her decision.
Fault Lines by Karl Pillemer: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-Fractured-Families-Mend/dp/0525539034
Adult Children of the Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD: https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Children-Emotionally-Immature-Parents/dp/B01F2L1HLM
You're Not Crazy - It's Your Mother by Danu Morrigan: https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Not-Crazy-Understanding-Narcissistic/dp/B074JKZBZM
Recommended Shadow Work Journal: https://www.etsy.com/listing/982950913/illuminare-shadow-work-workbookjournal

Honda Pilots Everywhere
We return with the rest of Jen's interview, where we ask her about her mental health journey.
https://www.instagram.com/jenkeeton/

Stella's Story
A very special guest joins the team to tell her daughter's story and her family's journey with William's Syndrome.
Learn more and donate at https://williams-syndrome.org/
Stella's Store with Outshine Labels https://outshinelabels.com/collections/stellas-store
Follow along at Jen's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jenkeeton/

Pyramid Scheme of Emotions
Bethany's final genogram results blow Lauren's mind, plus a quick shadow work.

A Hard Pill To Swallow
Double Story Time w/ Lauren and Bethany - Our journies with medication.
https://www.genomind.com/
https://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html

I Was A Baby Therapist
Is your parent emotionally stunted? Have we got a resource for you!
https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Children-Emotionally-Immature-Parents-ebook/dp/B00TZE87S4

At Your Darkest Moments, People Leave
Bethany and Lauren explore their takes on the deep cut of abandonment.
Kati Morton - How to Overcome Childhood Emotional Neglect
https://youtu.be/HtDIFA5KhWo

Can of Worms
Bethany reveals new discoveries from her genogram progress and Lauren dives deeper into her emotional response to being woken up.

Pea-Uh-Jey Theory
Join Bethany and Lauren as they dive into dependency issues.
Jean Piaget
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeDR5ev8/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Piaget
Codependency vs interdependency
https://psychcentral.com/lib/codependency-vs-interdependency#1
The article we talked about
https://medium.com/change-your-mind/your-extreme-independence-is-in-fact-a-trauma-response-dd8e03550df5

Human Maintenance
Bethany is able to give a long awaited update on her genogram before leading Lauren through another shadow work, this time revolving around her reaction to being woken up.

This Could Get Gross
Bethany and Lauren introduce their first guest speaker as they discuss a little known diagnosis involving medical trauma.
PICS resources
https://www.sccm.org/MyICUCare/THRIVE/Post-intensive-Care-Syndrome
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21161-post-intensive-care-syndrome-pics

Buy Yourself A Polly Pocket
Lauren dives into a newly discovered struggle in her journey.

I Have A Toxic Relationship With My Ghost
Bethany and Lauren are joined by special guest Mister the Cat to discuss the light hearted topic of ghosts.
Check out our ghost pictures and videos on our social media!
https://www.facebook.com/ThisCouldGetDark
https://twitter.com/thiscouldgetdrk
https://www.instagram.com/thiscouldgetdark/
https://www.tiktok.com/@thiscouldgetdark?lang=en
Ghost Towns
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/ghost-towns-near-me
Slyvia Browne
https://www.sylviabrowne.com/

Genograham Cracker
Bethany gives an emotional update on her Genogram.

2020 Is It's Own Word
We take a dive into our struggles during covid as well as the other side of the covid coin.
Yale Health Managing Stress https://yalehealth.yale.edu/covid-19-managing-stress
Ways to communicate virtually
https://www.skype.com/en/
https://zoom.us/
https://www.marcopolo.me/

An Introduction to Shadow Work and Genogram
This could get personal!
Stuck points - Stuck points are thoughts that keep us from recovering. Stuck points are concise statements that reflect a thought – not a feeling, behavior, or event.
https://cbtsocal.com/cognitive-processing-therapy-and-stuck-points-that-prevent-healing-from-trauma/

My Childhood S***
Lauren and Bethany set out to deep dive into relationships and quickly veer off into the relationship between their adult selves and their inner children.
'The Shadow Effect' by Deepak Chopra, Marianna Williamson, Debbe Ford
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7842406-the-shadow-effect
'The Power is Within' You by Louise L. Hay
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/726383.The_Power_Is_Within_You?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RbBTlF1vdi&rank=1

Nice To Meet You
A huge thank you. We are simply blown away by the response after just 48 hours.

Come Be Alone With Our Thoughts
Meet Lauren and Bethany as they embark on an epic adventure, discussing their journeys through their own mental health.
'Shit I had to learn the hard way' Ebook https://likeagoodmagazine.com
'Brainspotting Biolateral Sound Healing' by David Grand, PhD https://music.apple.com/us/album/brainspotting-biolateral-sound-healing/818636415

This Could Get Dark Trailer
In a world full of trauma, stigma and shame, two women fearlessly fight to illuminate the dark corners of their minds! Come be alone with our thoughts with us!
With over a decade of friendship and well over a decade's worth of therapy combined, we know our way around our brains (usually, sort of). We have always bonded over our mental health struggles and are finally taking the dive to share this journey with you!
Come venture through the inner workings of our minds as we unpack our journey thus far. Our focus is to continue to heal, grow and spread awareness on mental health issues. We don't know where this will go, but we do know this could get dark!