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Today on Unlicensed Therapy, I am joined by comedian Brody Stevens. Brody started off his career in Los Angeles by taking a crash course in comedy before performing at monotonous open mics. Already disillusioned by the prospect of following this path into comedy, he was approached Danny Robinson who advised him to leave LA and find a smaller market. Having relatives in Seattle the decision to move there was quick and soon after Brody started doing public access on live cable. Although his following was beginning to grow the idea of becoming a T.V. personality rather than a stand-up comic was not what he envisioned so for this reason the decision to move to New York was made.

On this episode Brody shares with us his experience in dealing with mental illness along with the various amount of medications that are prescribed. Never having the need to seek psychiatric help in his young years, Brody found himself being faced with the contradictory benefits of feeling “normal” but at the price of limited creativity. After numerous attempts of gradually weaning himself off of medications he finally found a balance while seeking home remedies but never dismissing the idea of going back. Make sure to stay with us until the end as Brody reveals his police encounter at Starbucks!

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00:00 Start
00:01:15 Introduction
00:05:18 Researching anything health related
00:07:23 Being from LA
00:10:12 Getting main room spots
00:12:28 Feeling less pressure with an empty room
00:14:16 You never know who is in the audience
00:17:35 Getting into the world of comedy
00:24:01 Taking a business of comedy workshop.
00:25:31 Leaving Seattle
00:29:34 Moving to New York
00:31:47 Meeting Zach Galifianakis
00:35:41 Booking late night with Craig Kilborn
00:39:53 Being an audience warm up at Fox Sports
00:45:06 Going off all medications
00:47:18 Seeing a sports psychologist
00:52:35 First time being prescribed inhibitors
00:57:01 Experience of being New York on no medication
01:00:48 Trying new meds in LA
01:03:51 Feeling happier off of medications
01:09:01 Getting arrested at Starbucks
01:14:22 Returning back on medications
01:19:18 Beginning to ease yourself off meds
01:26:26 Feeling the need to do more in stand up
01:29:02 Listener Question: How to be supportive with a partner who is HIV positive
01:32:17 Listener Question: How to approach the issue of coming out
01:34:24 Listener Question: Being afraid to lose friends
01:36:36 Outro

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