#729 The Ripples Of Childhood Abuse - Nathan Spiteri
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Nathan Spiteri (@NathanSpiteri) is an Australian filmmaker, actor, and writer on a mission to eradicate the lingering shame of abuse. As a child, Nathan was sexually and mentally abused for years. He discusses the attachment he felt to his abuser, how he continued the cycle of abuse as an adult, and how he was finally able to see that the pain he was causing others stemmed from his own trauma.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 729 with my guest, Nathan Spiteri. |
| 0:04.7 | If you're new, a lot of stuff to tell you. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm not a therapist. |
| 0:12.7 | This is a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads, |
| 0:16.6 | and it's not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling. |
| 0:21.4 | You've been warned. |
| 0:23.6 | Did you survive the holidays and New Year's? |
| 0:27.5 | Did New Year's Eve, did you have a nice, slow, awkward kiss with somebody that revolts you? |
| 0:37.7 | My girlfriend and I were so non-traditional. |
| 0:43.5 | We stayed in on New Year's Eve, and she fell asleep at 10 o'clock, and I woke her up at 1159, |
| 0:52.9 | and she was away for about 30 seconds. It turned into 2025 and she went back to |
| 1:01.4 | bed and I loved it. Love not having to leave the house. I have resolutions for 2025. I'm going to, I am pledging to linger more |
| 1:16.5 | in front of the mirror hitting on myself. I really, in 2025, I want to learn, when I laugh, |
| 1:24.8 | I want to learn to throw my head back and say, oh, that's rich. |
| 1:30.6 | I want people to think that I'm wealthy, and I think that would, I think that would do it. |
| 1:37.9 | I got a couple of emails from people. |
| 1:44.8 | And I thought they made a good point. |
| 1:47.9 | They felt that, you know, I, how do I put this? |
| 1:54.4 | I'm a pretty compassionate person, for the most part. |
| 1:57.6 | And they said it seems like your compassion doesn't extend to people who practice |
| 2:04.7 | Christianity. And while I feel like, I feel like they had a point because, and this is not Paul being the people pleaser, |
| 2:21.5 | afraid of criticism, etc. I just think they had a good point because there are people who |
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